The Super Falcons of Nigeria defeated of Ethiopia's Lucy 4-0 in the second leg of their Olympic qualifier match on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja, Nigeria in their run to book a place in the 2024 Olympic games set to take place in Paris.
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The Falcons took the lead in the 45th minute through Uchenna Kanu and they went into the break with a 1-0 lead. They doubled their lead few minutes into the second half through Ajibade who got the assist from Oshoala after a beautiful display.
In the 64th minute Oshoala who was obviously the lady of the match got one goal in for herself from a Kanu assist making it 3-0. About four minutes later Ajibade got her second goal through Oshoala's second assist of the match making it 4-0.
The remaining minutes went down with several attempts from both sides with the Falcons getting the better of it.
The Falcons will will now face Cameroon for the final round of the qualifiers. The Cameroon team defeated Uganda on a 3-2 aggregate to make it to the final stage.
The Super Falcons' victory is a welcome development for Nigerian football, as it comes after a string of poor results. The team had failed to qualify for the last three Olympic tournament, their last being Beijing 2008. They will be hoping to qualify ahead of the Cameroon team, their perennial rival, for next year's edition.
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