Future Eagles’ technical crew members, with Coach Ilerika in the middle.
The Future Eagles line up before one of their friendly matches in Sagamu during the week.
From Dianabasi Effiong
Nigeria swept to glory in the 2019 WAFU Women’s Cup tournament in Abidjan the where the Super Falcons edged host nation Cote d’Ivoire 5-4 after penalty shootout in an interesting final match Sunday at the Stade Robert Champroux.
In the penalty shoot-out, Amarachi Okoronkwo, Maryam Ibrahim, Alice Ogebe, Joy Bokiri and captain Evelyn Nwabuoku made no mistake from the spot, while the Ivorians lost one of their kicks.
The Falcons had also won their semi final match against Ghana after penalty shoot-out, 4-2. On the whole, the African champions scored 23 goals in the tournament, conceding only two. They thrashed Burkina Faso 5-1, victimized Niger Republic 15-0, defeated Mali 2-0 and defeated Ghana on penalties after a 0-0 draw.
The Nigeria delegation are expected to fly into Abuja on Sunday afternoon.
All overseas-based professionals will travel directly to the Avita Resort camp in Austria.
Meanwhile the U15 National Team, Future Eagles on Saturday have broken their training camp in Sagamu, Ogun State for two week breaks and will resume in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja after the ongoing Ramadan for the final phase of preparations ahead of the Four-Nation Invitational Tournament in Japan next month.
According to a release on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) website thenff.com, the team has been preparing for this year’s edition of U16 International Dream Cup which will hold 12th – 16th June in the city of Sendai in Japan. Nigeria will compete for honours in the tournament alongside the host country Japan, Romania and Mexico.
Head Coach of Future Eagles, Haruna Ilerika has said he is impressed with the boys performance in the residential camping in Sagamu.
“The boys have been impressive and that gives me positive headache of selecting 18 from the group of 30 we had in Sagamu. The level of competition among the boys is amazing and that is what we require from the boys at this stage of development. Unfortunately, we can only travel to Japan with 18 players and we have to select the best among the best,” Ilerika said.
The Future Eagles played two tune-up games against Remo Stars U15 and Ekofootball Future Stars on Thursday and Friday, drawing 1-1 with Remo Juniors while spanking Ekofootball Future Stars 4-1.
PHOTO 1: Future Eagles’ technical crew members, with Coach Ilerika in the middle.
