Super Falcons forward, Ngozi Okobi has expressed confidence that Nigeria will perform at the FIFA Women’s World Cup which gets underway on Friday.
The Eskilstuna United DFF midfielder hopes for a better competition ahead as Nigeria’s Falcons faces Norway on June 8 in a Group stage of matchday one at the Stade Auguste-Delaune II, France.
A 25-year old confident Ngozi said, “I have good feelings about this Women’s World Cup because I believe Super Falcons are not just going to be benchwarmers but instead we’re coming with a different team this time around, this is a different Super Falcons for me because we have been preparing really hard and I know we’re
ready to go.
She added: “Against Norway, it’s going to be a start for us, though being the first game it’s going to be tough but Falcons will definitely scale through, I believe so much in us.”
Ngozi Okobi has played for the Nigerian team albeit the Under-17 squad since 2008 and got her first senior call up immediately after the U-17 tournament in 2010.
Nine times AFCON champions have departed the Avita Resort in Bad Tatzmannsdorf in Austria, where they were on two-week residential camping, and landed in Reims, venue of their World Cup opener vs Norway, on Tuesday.
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Nigeria will then lock horns with the Korea Republic in their second group match on Wednesday 12 June and the final group game against hosts France on June 17.