plumbcare:

i dont know why the post on the front read that Falcons will lose to Germany. This sounds negative.

plankton:

@semid4lyfe u are not God but the Dooms day prophet and an enemy of progress

plumbcare:

i dont know why the post on the front read that Falcons will lose to Germany. This sounds negative.

oweniwe:

moderator, go change d title on d homepage kia kia

semid4lyfe:

The Germans have announced a crack squad that is made up of mostly players from their two top clubs- FFC Frankfurt and FFC Turbine Potsdam for this match. Hope our girls don't return with a basket full of goals

honeric01:

When did you turn to this?

feyisetan:
@Poster AIT will show the match.

feyisetan:
me thinks, the Falcons with the infusion of the Falconets have improved technically and with a little luck, they can come out with a respectable result against the German Ladies. football is no Mathematics.

The Super Falcons gearing up for the international friendly against their German counterparts scheduled to hold on Thursday have described the game as a big test for them after their triumph at the 2010 Caf African Women’s Championship in South Africa this month.

Eighteen players and eight officials left the shores of Nigeria for the tune-up game against the women’s world champions on Monday night from Abuja.

Head coach of the Nigerian team, Eucharia Uche, though frowned at the timing of the friendly match, she believes that the quality of the opponents will serve as a good test for his African-conquering side.

“Personally I think the timing of the friendly match is wrong considering the fact that we just finished a difficult competition in South Africa. But we will go ahead and play this one because the football federation had brokered the deal and we believe it is good for us.

“Also, playing against the world champions just after winning the African title is a good test for us. But we will go there and give our best against the world champions,” Uche told SuperSport.com.

But she said Nigerians should not expect too much from her side since it is just a warm-up game. “It is a friendly match, so I don’t think we will play under pressure. We will give as many players the opportunity to play since it is a friendly match,” she said.

Uche is also hoping that the Nigerian FA will continue to arrange top friendly matches for her team ahead of the 2011 Fifa Women’s World Cup.

Captain of the team, Precious Dede, also corroborated the words of her coach saying the game will be a massive test for the Super Falcons.

“They (the Germans) are the world champions. Though it is a friendly it will not be an easy game. But as African champions we will do our best in the game,” said Dede.

Super Falcons defender, Onome Ebi is looking forward to a victory when the reigning African Women’s Competition (AWC) champions take on world champions, Germany in Bonn on Thursday.



Falcons coach, Eucharia Uche had criticized the timing of the game for coming so close on the heels of the 2010 AWC in South Africa but Ebi says the lasses will be up for the challenge against the European heavy weights.

She told SuperSport.com that the game against the Germans represented a golden opportunity for useful lessons from a very good team.

“They are the best in the world so expect them to put up a good display. But we will not be scared of them and we expect a good game tomorrow (Thursday),” she said.

The Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft der Frauen are the joint most successful team in Women’s football in the world, an honour they share with the United States but the Djurgadens IF star says her teammates will not be overawed.

“We will respect them. We will not fear them because our girls are also exposed. We hope to get a good result because it will help our confidence,” Ebi said.

Germany won the last two editions of the Fifa women’s world cup in 2003 and 2007 and also finished in third place at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympic games.

NFF board members, Musa Ahmadu, Emmanuel Ikpeme are part of the 28 man Falcons contingent in Germany.

Super Falcons defender, Onome Ebi is looking forward to a victory when the reigning African Women’s Championships (AWC) champions take on world champions, Germany in Bonn on Thursday.