The Super Falcons sealed their qualification for the 2023 Women’s World Cup with the victory against Indomitable Lionesses at the Complexe Sportif Mohamed V in Casablanca in the ongoing African women’s football championship in Morocco.
The defending champions depended on in-form attacker Rasheedat Ajibade’s lone strike in their quarter-final tango to oust the Indomitable Lionesses and set-up a semifinal showdown with Morocco.
Should Nigeria’s Super Falcons overpower the host nation on Monday, this could lineup a rematch of their opening Group A encounter with South Africa’s Bayana Bayana, who must equally defeat Zambia’s Copper Girls to make such a finals match-up realistic.
The earlier encounter between the Nigerian women’s national side and their South African counterpart in the group stages ended in an upset 2-1 defeat for the Super Falcons.
Randy Waldrum brought in Francisca Ordega, Ashleigh Plumptre and Halimatu Ayinde in place of Uchenna Kanu, Peace Efih and Nicole Payne to his Super Falcons squad that beat Burundi 4-0 few days ago.
On the other hand, Gabriel Zabo kept fate with his team that defeated Tunisia 2-0 in their previous match keeping Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene, Ajara Nchout Njoya, Michaela Abam and Aurielle Awona in the lineup.
