Nigeria’s Super Falcons will battle Amazons of Benin Republic on Friday within the first leg of their 2026 Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) closing qualifying spherical on the 25,000-capacity Stade de Kégué in Lomé, Togo.
Tremendous Falcons, head coach Justine Madugu has 19 gamers accessible for the essential encounter and says his workforce is totally targeted on securing a decisive first-leg benefit.
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“We now have a workforce that can go on the market and make us proud,” Madugu mentioned forward of the tie.
“Sure, we might have liked to have Jennifer (Echegini), however we are able to solely pray for her fast restoration. On Friday, we’ll play our sport and go for the objectives that can put us in a robust place for the return leg.”
With Echegini dominated out, Madugu is predicted handy a beginning function to US-based midfielder Deborah Abiodun, who will doubtless line up alongside captain Rasheedat Ajibade and Christy Ucheibe in midfield.
Goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, probably the greatest on the planet, will lead the defensive unit that features Michelle Alozie, Tosin Demehin, Osinachi Ohale, and Ashley Plumptre.
The sport kicks off at 4pm Nigeria time, with Gambian referee Ngum Fatou appointed to officiate.
The return leg can be performed in Nigeria, with the mixture winner advancing to defend their title at subsequent 12 months’s WAFCON in Morocco, the place all semi-finalists may even qualify robotically for the 2027 FIFA Girls’s World Cup in Brazil.
