Julius Okorie
After flagging off their Olympic campaign on losing against Brazil, the Super Falcons will on Sunday attempt to earn a point or points as they confront World Cup Champions, Spain, in their second group match.
Falcons and their Japanese counterparts were at the losing end in the opening match while Spain and Brazil sang victory song in the opener.
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Spain beat Japan 2-1 to lead Group C going into Sunday’s encounter. Brazil are second on the log with three points earned against Nigeria following the Samba girls lone goal victory over Falcons on Thursday.
Aside from the Spain against Nigeria match, other fixtures lined up for Sunday are Brazil against Japan, New Zealand against Colombia and Australia and Zambia.
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Zambia, Africa’s second representatives were thrashed 3-0 by United States on Thursday and will be hoping to pick a point if possible against Australia who equally lost their first match by the same margin to Germany.
Germany and France will be seeking to consolidate when they take on United States and Canada respectively.
Canada beat New Zealand 2-1 with New Zealand lodging complaints that they were spied upon ahead of the match. Already Canada head Coach, Bev Pristman, has been replaced following the scandal.
Primebusiness.africa reports that Falcons of Nigeria and Copper Queens of Zambia are seen as underdogs of their group and losing their second match will open the exit door for the African representatives even with a match to spare.
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
