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Nigeria vs S/Africa: Ordega Makes Bench As Oshoala Leads Falcons Attack

The Super Falcons line up for their opening 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Group C game against South Africa has been released by coach Randy Waldrum.

Barcelona Femina striker Asisat Oshoala leads the attack along with Ifeoma Onumonu.

However the shocking name on the team list albeit on the substitute bench is Francesca Ordega who earlier today was ruled out of the tournament due to medical reasons.

The team lines up in a 4-3-3 formation.

No official word yet has been made by the head coach but the medical crew would have been able to patch up the dashing forward to be fit enough for the game.

Nigeria defeated South Africa via penalty shootout to win the last edition of the tournament in 2018 when Ghana hosted the continent.

South Africa however defeated the nine-time champions in Lagos at the Aisha Buhari invitational tournament in 2021, being the last time they faced off.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.