Nigeria’s men’s national football team, The Super Eagles have cheered the country’s women side, the Super Falcons on as they get set to take on the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon in a 2022 Women’s Africa Cup Of Nations (WAFCON) quarter-final game, Completesports.com reports.
The Super Falcons and Indomitable Lionesses clash today, Thursday July 14 at the Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco for a place in the semi-final and a berth at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup to be co-hosted by Australia and Newzealand.
The Super Falcons qualified for the quarter-finals after finishing second in Group C with six points.They lost 2-1 to Banyana Banyana of South Africa, defeated the Mares of Botswana 2-0 and also pipped the Swallows of Burundi 4-0.
Cameroon finished second in Group B on five points behind Zambia who won the group with seven points. The Indomitable Lionesses played a goaless draw with Zambia in their first match, then drew 1-1 with Togo before defeating Tunisia 2-0 in their last group game.
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The Super Eagles took to Twitter to cheer on the Falcons.
“All the best today Ladies! You can do it and we are behind you as always. Soaaaaaarrrr! #SoarSuperFalcons,” the Tweet reads.
The Super Falcons have won the Women’s Africa Cup Of Nations (WAFCON) a record nine times.
They are also the only African team to have reached the quarter-final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the Olympic Women’s Football Tournament.
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