Super Falcons head coach Justine Madugu has praised his players for their stunning comeback victory over the Atlas Lionesses of Morocco.
Madugu’s side defeated the hosts 3-2 in the final of the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations at the Olympic Stadium, Rabat on Saturday night.
The West Africans trailed 2-0 after the break but fought back to win the game in the second half.
The gaffer declared that his players showed amazing mental resilience to win the thrilling contest.
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“If they didn’t have mental resilience, they would have given up,” Madugu said after the game.
“But they kept believing and they earned this victory.”
Madugu also hinted that the halftime pep talk was crucial in his team’s remarkable comeback.
“We did a lot of talking at halftime,” the 61-year-old revealed.
“We had a game plan, but what we wanted to avoid led to two goals (against us), and we had to make the changes we made.”
By Adeboye Amosu
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But wait ooo. I have a kweshon.
Where, O where, are our Ghanaian friends?
If we had lost to Morocco, dem for full ground for here. As we have completed MISSION X successfully, and have added yet another trophy to our cabinet, our Banku and Kenkey eating friends are nowhere to be found! They have all disappeared!
I hope it’s not jealousy. Granted, their situation is quite bleak. No trophy at senior level since 1982. Almost 50 years of utter trophylessness. Make e no reach 50 years before they finally manage to win a trophy ooo, hehehehe! Unlike Nigeria that consistently wins trophies. Body dey pepper our Ghana friends.
To add insult to injury, the last 2 times we met the Black Bankus, we put am for their body. Dem come prize market, and dem collect. WOTOWOTO.
E dey pain dem as e dey sweet us. HAHAHAHAHAHA!
This is not in keeping with the spirit of sportsmanship Pompei. Where are your manners? Afterall, Ghana have won more 3rd place medals in the Wafcon compared with Nigeria. They have it 4 times to Nigeria’s 1. Even in second place, they easily put us to shame, accumulating silver 3 times whereas Nigeria has no single silver medal to boast of – how disgraceful!
Okay, we have managed to win them more times in men’s football of late, so what? Before the floods of Noah, they used to defeat Nigeria and win the Afcon.
Please Pompei, bow down when you talk about Ghana, show respect to our noisy neighbours who will come out in droves on this platform should Nigeria fail to qualify for next year’s men’s World Cup.