Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has concluded plans to see the national women’s soccer team, the Super Falcons, play a quality friendly game against some of African women’s teams like Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana to help prepare Nigeria for the 2015 FIFA World Cup.
NFF General Secretary, Sanusi Mohammed, said the friendly international matches are aimed to help put the African champions in shape for next month’s World Cup in Canada.
“We are in talks with Cameroon, Ghana and Cote d’ Ivoire for a possible friendly for the Falcons,’ Sanusi said.
“You know they were supposed to play Mali at the weekend, but Mali pulled out in the last minute. So we now have to arrange friendlies for the team before they depart for Canada.”
Sanusi who confirmed that the Falcons will head out to Canada on May 19, added that, the NFF are also planning friendlies for the team while they are in Canada.
“The team will depart for Canada on May 19, God’s willing. While in Canada, we are making arrangements to see that they play friendly matches also,” he said.
The Super Falcons are in what has been tagged the ‘Group of Death’ with USA, Sweden and North Korea at the 2015 World Cup.
