Super Falcons coach, Edwin Okon
will submit a 30-man list to the
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
technical committee for the two-
legged African Women
Championship (AWC) qualifying
match against Sierra Leone.
Falcons will host the West African
opponents on February 14 at the
Abuja National Stadium while
they will head to Freetown, Sierra
Leone a fortnight later for the
reverse fixture.
The winners of the encounter
will be a game away from
qualifying for the 2014 biennial
continent football fiesta holding
in Namibia which doubles as
qualifiers for the 2015 Fifa
Women’s World Cup in Canada.
The top three finishers at the
Namibia 2014 AWC will
automatically qualify to represent
Africa in Canada.
Okon, who initially opted to bring
in 45 players to camp in
preparation for the crucial AWC
tie, said he has to key into the
programme of the football house
by scaling down the number of
invited players.
“I’ll tomorrow (Saturday) submit
30 names to the NFF technical
committee for the AWC qualifying
match against Sierra Leone.
“I thought I could have brought
in 45 players, at least, to give me
a wider window to take a
second look at the players since
there is the possibility of drop in
form as the season is at rest at
the moment.
“But the NFF technical
committee's directive has
corrected that, as we’ll now work
with the 30-man squad when we
resume on January 6.
“However, the elimination by
substitution approach will still
apply as any player who fails to
measure up will be eliminated
and substituted immediately.
“The encounter against Sierra
Leone on February 14 in Abuja is
crucial and we must work very
hard to obtain a comfortable
result so as to make the second
leg very easy.
“We want to qualify for the AWC
in Namibia as well as excel to win
a World Cup spot, so the work is
enormous and only the best will
be given the final nod,” said the
Rivers Angels gaffer to
supersport.com.
Aggregate winners of the two-
legged tie are most likely to
confront the winners of the tie
between Rwanda and Kenya in
May and June for a final spot in
the 2014 Namibia AWC football
event.
© supersport.com

Another Goal Gallore fiesta against the Leone queens

Evestar200: Another Goal Gallore fiesta against the Leone queens

another aggregate of 16goals like their younger counterpart?

Tolexander: another aggregate of 16goals like their younger counterpart?

Yes o,,who knws! Super Falcons might make it 20 goals

I agree with Evestar, the Falcons will wallop the Sierra Leonians 18-0, and dismantle either Kenya or Rwanda by 20-0 on aggregate

CFCfan: I agree with Evestar, the Falcons will wallop the Sierra Leonians 18-0, and dismantle either Kenya or Rwanda by 20-0 on aggregate

You knw Nigeria have no rival when it comes to women football in Africa na so expect Goals Gallore Fiesta from our girls against their Africa opponents