Afrigather Randy Waldrum, the top coach of Nigeria’s ladies’s soccer group, has expressed confidence within the Tremendous Falcons’ prospects as they put together for a vital match in opposition to Japan within the remaining Group C sport on the Paris 2024 Olympics, Soccernet.ng experiences.
A win on this encounter is crucial for the Tremendous Falcons to advance to the knockout levels of the competitors.
At the moment, the Tremendous Falcons are on the backside of Group C, with no factors or objectives from their first two matches. Japan and Brazil boast three factors whereas Spain have six to safe their declare as group leaders.
Regardless of this, Waldrum stays optimistic {that a} victory over the Asian champions may safe their place within the last-eight of the match.
“The best way the matches had gone, we nonetheless wanted a outcome in opposition to Japan and had the possibility of going by means of, so whether or not we lose or we draw, we nonetheless had the chance,” Waldrum defined.
“I feel if we beat Japan relying on what occurs in Canada’s group since they’ve six factors.
“I feel it’s going to be tough for a third-placed group to return out of that group, so it’s going to return out of the opposite two teams and proper now Japan obtained the win late in opposition to Brazil.
“So, they’re on three factors and Brazil are on three factors, so if we will get the outcome in opposition to Japan, we’ll be on three (factors), so there’s a risk that we will nonetheless undergo as third-place group in that group.”
The Tremendous Falcons have confronted Japan as soon as earlier than within the Olympics, securing a 1-0 victory to achieve the quarterfinals on the 2004 Athens Olympics. This historical past offers the group hope as they put together for what might be a decisive sport of their Olympic marketing campaign.
