‘An absolute afterthought’: the story of the Nigeria women’s team’s fall from grace
Nigeria’s 2-1 defeat against South Africa in a playoff in August meant that the Super Falcons are missing out on the World Cup for the first time.
Key points
- The Super Falcons won’t be at the World Cup and with the prize money going up, they risk being left even further behind It was a historic result in Casablanca – but not in a good way.
- “Some players were visibly emotional while others appeared to be processing what had just happened.
- The journalist and lecturer Dr Victor Ademola was in Morocco the day of the defeat.
It is a crushing blow for the most decorated national side in Africa across both men and women, one that has won no fewer than 10 Wafcon titles.
I saw players crying as they got on to the team bus while some sat alone or remained on their phones, looking very sad.” Continue reading...
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