Falcons coach to foreign based players: Report November 4 or forget it

Super Falcons head coach, Thomas Dennerby has warned that any of the invited foreign based players who fails to report on or before the November 4 deadline given will be dropped as preparations intensify for the 2018 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations.

However, the deadline hammer did not fall on the duo of Asisat Oshoala and Onome Ebi who have been excused by the Falcons coach due to club engagements in China.

Only nine of the 19 overseas based invited players have reported to camp.

Both players are expected to hit the team’s Jubilee Chalets and Resorts in Epe on November 6 following the end of the Chinese Female League on Sunday.

“I know there are a lot of teams going into the competition to stop us and female football in Africa is developing fast but notwithstanding, we need to win to be among the three best teams to enable us qualify for the world. We really need to go for world cup in France and as a coach I know I am under pressure to deliver but I have been in the business for long and I know what exactly I need to do and I am not scared for now,” he said.

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In a chat with Sportinglife.ng, the coach said all the foreign based players will undergo medicals on arrival as only fit players will make the team.Nigeria has been drawn in Group B along with South Africa, Kenya and Zambia.