Nigeria has released the list of 18 players of the Country's national Women football team, Super Falcons who will represent the country in the All-Africa Games (AAG) qualifier in Mali.

Francisca Ordega, Ibubelye Whyte and Chiwendu Ihezuo are among those who made Coach Edwin Okon's list.

The African champions will take on the Senior Women National Team of Mali in the first leg of the only round of qualifiers for the Women's Football Tournament of the AAG, at the Stade Modibbo Keita in Bamako on Saturday, with kick -off set at 5pm Mali time (6pm Nigeria time).

The team will fly out from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja aboard an Ethiopian Airline flight today (Thursday), to arrive in Bamako Friday afternoon.

FULL TEAM LIST

Evelyn Nwabuoku , Ibubelye Whyte, Christy Ohaeriaku , Ngozi Okobi, Ugo Njoku, Osinachi Ohale, Mariam Ibrahim, Mercy Amanze, Chiwendu Ihezuo, Francisca Ordega, Iniabasi Umotong, Halimat Ayinde, Ngozi Ebere, Blessing Edoho, Cecilia Nku, Chioma Wogu, Yetunde Adegboyejo, Josephine Chukwunonye.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201503200493.html

The Super Falcons left Nigeria yesterday afternoon to arrive in Bamako this afternoon on Ethiopian Airline. Imagine they have to first travel east for over 5 hours to Addis Ababa, overnight at the airport then travel another 7 hours back west to Bamako. Meaning they will have spent a whole day traveling when they could have used either the Togolese airline or the Ivorian carrier and be there in less than 6 hours. They have spent 12 hours (9pm on Wednesday -9am on Thursday) waiting time at Addis Ababa doing nothing. Will Germany, England or even South Africa subject their squad to this? Yet we want to do well in the World Cup. Imagine African Champions hanging around Addis Ababa airport for 12 hours waiting for flight. Just because someone in the FA wants to save money which they will end up squandering on their own comforts.
The girls will be tired, stressed out and unlikely to train this evening. If the game is tomorrow afternoon, then it will be really really sad. If the NFF knew this was the incompetent travel plan they had why did they not allow them to set out earlier maybe on Monday or Tuesday? If the girls fail to perform in Bamako, this same FA will be the ones calling for the head of the Coach. If the Coach dares complain they will start to frustrate him and his crew.
We have an incompetent FA whose expertise is playing politics and spending dollars on themselves.

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It's really sad. Maybe someone in the NFF is taking the game lightly, thinking the Falcons could just turn up and hammer Mali 8-0

AOB1963:
The Super Falcons left Nigeria yesterday afternoon to arrive in Bamako this afternoon on Ethiopian Airline. Imagine they have to first travel east for over 5 hours to Addis Ababa, overnight at the airport then travel another 7 hours back west to Bamako. Meaning they will have spent a whole day traveling when they could have used either the Togolese airline or the Ivorian carrier and be there in less than 6 hours. They have spent 12 hours (9pm on Wednesday -9am on Thursday) waiting time at Addis Ababa doing nothing. Will Germany, England or even South Africa subject their squad to this? Yet we want to do well in the World Cup. Imagine African Champions hanging around Addis Ababa airport for 12 hours waiting for flight. Just because someone in the FA wants to save money which they will end up squandering on their own comforts.
The girls will be tired, stressed out and unlikely to train this evening. If the game is tomorrow afternoon, then it will be really really sad. If the NFF knew this was the incompetent travel plan they had why did they not allow them to set out earlier maybe on Monday or Tuesday? If the girls fail to perform in Bamako, this same FA will be the ones calling for the head of the Coach. If the Coach dares complain they will start to frustrate him and his crew.
We have an incompetent FA whose expertise is playing politics and spending dollars on themselves.

I think they mean they are flying to Bamako via Ethiopia airline, not to Ethiopia.

sambos994:


I think they mean they are flying to Bamako via Ethiopia airline, not to Ethiopia.

But the flight would first touchdown in Ethiopia. That's the issue.

Since when? Stale news.

No Osoala

Ok,but make una no forget to deliver

I wish my gurl sabi play ball....

ok

May the Lord grant them victory

Okon goes to school

miembamish:
No Osoala

Oshoala is nt the only absent player. If u have been following the team's news u'll know d coach only plans to use Home based players. What is the need of spending plenty of money flying in the foreign legion when the home girls are equally well drilled and capable.

Oshoala is gone
very soon nigeria will 4get her, like eaglets have forgotten iheanacho

FT: Mali 1-1 Nigeria.
Ngozi Okobi scored for the Falcons in the 52nd min, while the Malians equalized in injury time.