Abuja to host Super Falcons
The
national women’s team, Super Falcons, will play their 2012 Olympic Games
qualifying match against Namibia at the National Stadium, Abuja on
Sunday, 3rd April.
Assistant General
Secretary (Competitions) of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mohammed
Sanusi, said on Monday that the Federation had already communicated the
venue and date of match to world football governing body, FIFA.
“The match is an
Olympics qualifier and we had to communicate early enough to the world
football governing body on date and venue,” he said. “The match will be
played at the National Stadium, Abuja on Sunday, 3rd April.”
The Super Falcons,
reigning champions of Africa, have been training in Abuja ahead of the
two-leg fixture, with the second leg coming up in Windhoek mid-April.
Namibia overpowered Angola on aggregate in the earlier round while the
Falcons were drew bye following the withdrawal of Congo.
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