Former Super Eagles defender Ifeanyi Udeze has said the Super Falcons should not be judged by their loss to Canada in a test game.
The Falcons continued their preparations for this summer’s Olympics in Paris with a test game with reigning women’s Olympic champions Canada.
After 90 minutes the Falcons lost 1-0 to the Canadians, who they held to a goalless draw in the group stage at the 2023 FIFA women’s World Cup.
Despite the defeat, Udeze played it down, positing the test game is not enough to judge how the Falcons would perform in Paris.
“We have a tournament ahead of us, the Olympic Games, and we shouldn’t use the friendly to judge them. Let’s give them the benefit of doubt,” Udeze said on Brila.
The Falcons are in the same group with world champions Spain, two-time Olympic silver medal winners Brazil and former World Cup winners Japan.
The nine-time African champions will open their campaign against Brazil, who they lost 3-1 to in the group stage at the Beijing Olympics.
This would be the fourth time the Falcons would feature at the Olympics, after debuting at Sydney 2000.
They went on to qualify for the Athens 2004 and Beijing Olympic Games.
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Then why judge Finidi George. Isn’t this the way fans want it now. Will waldrum be fired if we don’t qualifier for the next round?
What they did to Finidi is not fair at all.
Because his first name is FINIDI, they want to FINISH him.
Because his last name is George, they want to JUDGE him.
They want to JUDGE and FINISH George Finidi.
Na wa ooo.
Fortunately for Finidi, he has a very strong advocate in CSN pundit Deo, the defender of the indefensible.
Deo has been energetically defending the likes of Akpeyi and Uzoho for a while now, and Finidi is his new client. Finidi will be well represented and defended.