Falcons' to play Germany

Director of Sports Development in the Federal Ministry of Sports and Social Development, Chief Patrick Ekeji, who visited the team last week, said in Abuja over the weekend that the players are looking forward to the match with great expectations.

“The team is doing very well in camp. They have played three games and won all. But their biggest test will be against the German National team on the 24th of this month.”

Head of the Nigeria Football Association Women Football Department, Lizzy Onyenwenwa said on phone from Germany that the players have improved tremendously as the German Technical Adviser has gone to
work on the techniques and tactics of the team.

“We are doing well. The players are very much motivated to do the nation proud and have responded positively to the new handler. In the three games we have played, they have really displayed a hunger to win. In their first game they won by as many as 9-0.All of them are eager to play the Germans to show how fit they are for the Olympics”

Also speaking from Germany, the Camp Commandant CSP Gideon Akinshola who joined the team last week said the mood of the players in their Ambrosini Hotel Camp in Germany is infectious.

Akinshola said: “Since I arrived here, I’ve noticed that the players are all very well comfortable and focused on their assignment. The security is perfect and I am sure they will translate this into victory when it matters”.

The German National team defeated Sweden by the golden goal to win the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup and currently boast some of the best players in the world.

Super Falcons striker Mercy Akide said the team is poised to improve on their previous Olympics performance.

“We will do our very best. The camp is okay,” she said.