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The Super Eagles put on a show in Uyo, dominating Benin Republic 4–0 to keep their World Cup dreams alive. Victor Osimhen was unstoppable, netting a hat-trick, while Frank Onyeka added a late strike to seal the win and the crowd’s energy matched the moment.
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As predicted, Nigeria concluded the Group Stage round of the 2023 FIFA Women World Cup with a 0-0 draw vs Ireland. With the one point gained, Nigeria secured their spot to advance to the Knockout stage next week. Nigeria will face the Winner of Group D, which currently is England. Sometimes the narrative just writes itself and looking forward to the upset next week.
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With the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup set to begin in a month, we had to showcase the new kits that the Nigeria Super Falcons will be wearing during the tournament.
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Earlier this week Nike released images of the new 2020 Nigeria Football Olympics Kits. After the success of the 2018 Nigeria World Cup kit, there’s no surprise that we’re getting some new threads for the Olympics. Safe to say Nigeria will have one of the best uniforms in Tokyo this summer. Some unique features about the kit below:
What are your thoughts on these designs? Did they surpass the 2018 World Cup designs?
Over the weekend, FIFA announced the grouping for the upcoming 2019 Women’s World Cup. The Nigeria Falcons are in Group A with France, Korea, & Norway. Group A is already being considered by some to be the Group of Death, The World Cup will take place in France beginning on June 7th. Nigeria, who are ranked 39th in latest FIFA ranking, is one of three African nations in the tournament. Now that we know who we will competing against in the group phase, it’s time to get back to basics in order to the shock the world again.
The Lady Falcons defeated South Africa in the 2018 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (AWCON) that took place in Ghana. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) organized the event. After both teams went scoreless in regulation, Nigeria defeated South Africa in penalty kicks (4-3). Check out the highlights below:
Nigeria had several players make the all tournament team including Tochukwu Oluehi (Goalkeeper) and Onome Ebi (Defender). This win marks the Falcons 9th win at the AWCON (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, & now 2018).
Next up for the Nigeria is to find out their bid for next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. The drawing will take place on December 8th in Paris and we will provide an update on the Falcons grouping for the upcoming tournament.
22-year-old star Alexander Iwobi announced on Friday that he has signed an extension with his English Premier League club Arsenal FC. Iwobi, the talented young forward, will be playing in his fourth season with the club. After coming off playing for the Super Eagles during the World Cup, we’re excited to see what Iwobi does on the pitch this upcoming season. Check out some plays below from Iwobi’s previous two seasons with Arsenal:
In what some considered a must win match, the Super Eagles got their first victory of the 2018 World Cup. Nigeria defeated Iceland 2-0 with both goals from Ahmed Musa.
Check out the highlights here:
The Super Eagles are currently in 2nd place in Group D and are now in position to move into the Knock Out Stage. If Nigeria beats Argentina on Tuesday, they will automatically advance to the next round. However, if Nigeria ties vs Argentina, then we need Iceland vs Croatia to end in a tie as well. Or if Iceland does win & we tie vs Argentina, we need to hope that Iceland does not win by more than 2 goals (goal differential is the first tie breaker in the group stage).
Soar Super Eagles!
The Super Eagles lost their opening match in the 2018 World Cup to Croatia 2-0. One of the goals for Croatia was an own goal by Nigeria and the second goal was due to a penalty against us as well. A tough way to start the tournament, but Nigeria still has a chance to advance if they can take care of business in the final two games. The Super Eagles had 14 shots, but only 2 of those shots were on goal. Check out the highlights below:
The next match will be on Friday 6/22 vs Iceland. Let’s hope for a better showing from our guys.
As the 2018 World Cup begins later this week, check out the the Super Eagles Group D stage schedule below:
| Date | Opponent | Time |
|---|---|---|
| June 16, 2018 | Croatia | 3PM ET |
| June 22, 2018 | Iceland | 11AM ET |
| June 26, 2018 | Argentina | 2PM ET |
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