THE Super Falcons of Nigeria are eager for redemption after losing 1-0 to Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses on Saturday in the first of two friendly matches in Yaounde.
Both teams clash again tomorrow at Yaounde’s Military Stadium to draw the curtain on a two-match arrangement to prepare the teams for this year’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
Cameroon, who play Ghana, Mali and Cape Verde in Group D at this year’s WAFCON in Morocco, scored in added time of the second half at the Military Stadium on Saturday evening, in what many see as a timely reality check for 10-time continental champions the Super Falcons.
Yvana Mbomezomo’s shot from outside the box in stoppage time beat debuting goalkeeper Comfort Erhabor for the only goal of the match.
However, Erhabor was composed and confident in goal in her first game for the Super Falcons.
Second-half substitutes Joy Omewa, Precious Christopher, Folashade Ijamilusi, Esther Onyenezide and Michelle Alozie sought to put more pressure on the Lionesses but goalkeeper Ange Bawou was in fine form and stopped the Super Falcons.
Tomorrow, coach Justin Madugu is expected to change tactics and adjust playing personnel as the Super Falcons, who defeated the Lionesses 1-0 in the final of the 2016 WAFCON in Yaounde, will be gunning for a win.
Africa’s best for the past two years, goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie could be drafted in, with Alozie likely to start, alongside Oluwatosin Demehin, Osinachi Ohale and Glory Ogbonna in defence, while Onyenezide, Christopher, Ucheibe, Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene and Jennifer Echegini are still available in midfield.
Captain Rasheedat Ajibade, Gift Monday, Rinsola Babajide, Chinwendu Ihezuo and Ijamilusi are the options for Madugu in attack.
