Canada beat the Super Falcons in an Olympics preparation friendly in Spain.

The Super Falcons had a hiccup in their preparation for the 2024 Paris Olympics as they fell to a 1-0 defeat to North American side Canada.

The Falcons qualified for their first Olympic games since 2008 in Beijing. Off the back of their impressive World Cup showing in Australia/New Zealand, Coach Randy Waldrum’s team have shown they are capable of competing against the best.

What happened
The players arrived at La Quinta Football Centre, Malaga in high spirits as they prepared to face the Canadians.

Coach Randy Waldrum named a formidable IX, which unsurprisingly saw Bay FC star Asisat Oshoala dropped. An offensive duo of Rasheedat Ajibade and Chinwendu Ihezuo was preferred and in midfield, Waldrum, as he suggested in a pre-match interview, slotted Jennifer Echegini, along with Deborah Abiodun, Christy Ucheibe, and Toni Payne.

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But they won the penalty shot out