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The previous African champions have one leg firmly planted in Morocco for the continental championships subsequent yr
The Nigerian delegation of gamers, coaches, and officers have landed in Praia forward of the second leg of their CAF Ladies’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier with Cape Verde, Soccernet.ng experiences.
The Tremendous Falcons strolled to a 5-0 victory within the first leg, the largest defeat in Cape Verde ladies’s soccer historical past.
A brace every from Uchenna Kanu and Esther Okoronkwo added to Reward Monday’s nice strike, handed the previous WAFCON winners a large benefit in Abuja.
🛬We safely landed in Praia, Cape Verde 🇨🇻 this night, forward of our second leg tie on December 5.#SoarSuperFalcons| #CAPNGA| #WAFCONQualifiers| #Morocco2024 pic.twitter.com/WxryApaxEV
— NGSuper_Falcons (@NGSuper_Falcons) December 3, 2023
The return leg is scheduled for the 15,000-capacity, artificial-turfed Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde in Praia on Tuesday, December 5.
Ranked fortieth on the planet and the most effective on the continent, Nigeria can be favourites to say one other win towards the Cape Verdeans who’re ranked 134th on the worldwide scale.
Cape Verde might want to win by six objectives to overhaul Nigeria and seize the ticket to the WAFCON.
The Tremendous Falcons have by no means misplaced by a three-goal margin to any African opposition in all competitions of their historical past.
Nigeria have by no means missed any version of the WAFCON and have been topped champions of the competitors 9 of the 12 instances it has been held.
The Tremendous Falcons had been topped African queens in 2018 however solely completed fourth on the 2022 version in Morocco, shedding their title to South Africa.
Morocco will once more host the 2024 WAFCON, and it could be the right place for Nigeria to reclaim their misplaced honour.
