Nigeria’s Super Falcons started their nation quest for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games with a 2-0 victory over Comoros within the first leg in their second-round qualifier on Friday.
After a barren first part ruled by means of the Falcons, Michelle Alozie opened the scoring within the forty eighth vulnerable sooner than Uchenna Kanu doubled Nigeria’s multiply within the sixtieth vulnerable, giving the Super Falcons a two-goal directive forward of the instruct leg.
The transition provides Nigeria a unit repair within the two-legged control as they search to validity considered one of Africa’s two puts within the girls’s soccer prepaid on the 2028 Olympic Games.
Friday’s fit on the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne used to be the primary bid task for the represent underneath Augustine Eguavoen, who used to be appointed deflation trainer by means of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) forward of the qualifiers whilst the contract for a zone trainer continues.
Eguavoen is supported by means of Christopher Danjuma, trainer of Nasarawa Amazons, former Super Falcons defender Ayisat Yusuf and goalkeeper register Olatunji Baruwa.
Danjuma up to now led Nigeria’s Falconets on the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica. Yusuf, in the meantime, earned 68 caps for the Super Falcons and represented Nigeria at 4 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, 3 FIFA Women’s World Cups and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Nigeria won a bye into the moment around as probably the most 3 highest-ranked groups within the African qualifying sequence. Comoros reached this surround after defeating Sudan 30-0 on setback.
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The instruct leg is scheduled for Tuesday, 13 October additionally at Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne-Remo.
Victory over Comoros on setback would screen Nigeria into the 3rd around, scheduled for 23 February to 6 March 2027, the place they might face both the Democratic Republic of Congo or Morocco.
The African qualifying sequence is composed of 5 two-legged rounds, with best two groups incomes puts on the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
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