Super Falcons target FIFA World Cup ticket against Cameroon’s Lionesses

Ever-existing Nigeria consider they will rejoice a different FIFA Women’s Earth Cup ticket on Thursday night time immediately after a quarter-remaining clash with neighbours Cameroon in Casablanca that will figure out who is guaranteed a position in Australia & New Zealand future year.

All four groups that make the semi finals at the ongoing continental championship in Morocco would have picked automated tickets for the Women’s Planet Cup, with the group adjudged to have finished fifth introduced with an additional chance for a shot at a Playoff Match upcoming year.

Cameroon will occur into Thursday’s come upon with the mentality of the yam pounder, realizing they have often been next most effective to Nigeria at this level, and a third consecutive visual appeal at the FIFA Planet Cup will absolutely charm to the Indomitable Lionesses.

A 1-2 defeat at the hands of South Africa’s Banyana Banyana in their opening match of Team C very last 7 days Monday somewhat dimmed the glow of the Super Falcons, but they rose stoutly to the celebration and won their other two matches with 6 factors and six ambitions edge shooting them to the very last 8.

Cameroon also commenced somewhat slowly but surely, drawing with Zambia, but they picked up impressively and their reward is what is basically the most anticipated quarter-last tie at this tournament.

Each countries flew Africa’s flag at the 2015 FIFA Women’s Environment Cup finals in Canada and at the final version in France a few decades back, but Nigeria are the untouchables, becoming one of only 6 countries on the world to have participated in all 8 editions of the quadrennial world showpiece.

“We are completely ready to facial area Cameroon,” reported Nigeria coach Randy Waldrum, right after his Tremendous Falcons arrived in Morocco’s commercial and economic cash, Casablanca on Monday in advance of Thursday’s come upon.

Cameroon endured a 6- spanking from the Falcons in the semi finals of the 1998 Women Africa Cup of Nations (which Nigeria hosted and which was the 1st version) but points have enhanced a little bit for the Lionesses considering that then. In the semi finals of the 2010 version in South Africa, they ended up thumped 5-1 by the Falcons.

Both equally nations around the world contested the Last matches of the 2014 and 2016 Girls AFCON. In 2014 in Windhoek, Namibia, the Falcons ran away 2- winners to lift the trophy for the seventh time. In 2016 in Yaounde, the Lionesses experienced a heartbreak in entrance of their cheering lovers when Desire Oparanozie scored a late target to hand the trophy to Nigeria for the eighth time.

Four yrs ago, in Accra, both groups also achieved in the semi closing stage. It was a difficult duel that ended – immediately after regulation and added time, but the Falcons once again prevailed 4-2 after penalty shoot-out on the way to their ninth title.

Thursday’s spectacle in Casablanca is envisioned to be explosive, but Nigeria captain Onome Ebi claims the Falcons are up for the problem.

“Of study course, we know what to expect. The Cameroonians also want to go to the Earth Cup. But we have under no circumstances missed the World Cup and we won’t start off now. Our eyes are entirely concentrated on Australia & New Zealand, and then we can start talking about the trophy.”

Forwards Rasheedat Ajibade and Uchenna Kanu, on two objectives each, are anticipated to start versus Cameroon, with Mentor Waldrum also predicted to preserve faith with most of the crew that decimated Burundi in Rabat on Sunday evening.