If history were anything to fall back to, Wednesday’s match of Japan and Nigeria in the Women’s football tournament of Paris 2024 will swing in Nigeria’s favour. Japan succumbed⁶ to the Super Falcons in a Women’s Olympic Football Tournament match in Piraeus, Greece 20 years ago.
At the time, it was Vera Okolo’s strike that was the only goal of the match and earned Nigeria all
That win, which also handed the Super Falcons their only quarter-final berth at the tournament so far, is also the only victory the nine-time African champions have celebrated at the Olympics since they started participating 24 years ago.
“Victory over Japan is possible. We will work hard so that we can accomplish that. The Super Falcons have done it before and we can do it again,” captain Rasheedat Ajibade was quoted by the NFF media as saying.
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