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Eighteen
players and eight officials of the Super Falcons will today depart for
Germany ahead of Thursday’s friendly match with the world champions;
Germany.]

Still basking in
the euphoria of their victory at the just concluded Africa Women’s
Championships in South Africa, where the team reclaimed the African
crown, the Super Falcons will be using the friendly match to set in
motion their preparation for next year’s World Cup, which will take
place in Germany. The Super Falcons were ousted in the first round of
the last World Cup in China; and the team’s coach, Eucharia Uche, has
promised a better outing once the team is allowed to begin preparations
earnestly. “The Word Cup is a big stage, but if we play to our usual
standard, we have a chance,” she said. “We need to start our
preparations on time and with more friendly matches like this the team
will definitely improve.”

Bala Nikyu, the
team’s Assistant Coach, also added that the Falcons are well prepared
for the match and was ready to take on the Germans. “We have not given
players time to rest because of the friendly and that is why they were
still in camp in Abuja after returning from South Africa,” he said.
Already Golden Boot award winner of the 7th African Women’s
Championship, Perpetua Nkwocha, is upbeat of scoring more goals for the
team as the FIFA Women’s World Cup draws nearer. Nkwocha, who scored 11
goals four less her personal target of 15, said the team will have to
put behind them their previous performance at the World Cup and
concentrate on the upcoming edition in Germany.

Reward on the way

President Goodluck
Jonathan has constituted a committee, headed by the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Yayale Ahmed, to work out modalities for
the grand reception for not only the Super Falcons but also the
previous silver-winning Golden Eaglets and Falconets teams, as well as
members of the Nigerian contingent to the Commonwealth Games in India.
Mr Jonathan praised the Falcons for their hard work and discipline
which saw them clinch not only the coveted African Women Championship
(AWC) for a record sixth time, but also the highest goal scorer, Most
Valuable Player and Fairplay awards at the just-concluded championship
in South Africa.