The Tremendous Falcons face their hardest check on the 2022 WAFCON on Thursday after they must go previous bitter rivals Cameroon to qualify for subsequent 12 months’s FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
The WAFCON quarterfinal in opposition to the Indomitable Lionesses, the second finest workforce in Africa in accordance with newest FIFA Rankings, will decide one in every of 4 tickets to subsequent 12 months’s World Cup.
The Falcons put themselves on this tight nook no because of a gap day loss to South Africa for them to complete as runners-up in Group C.
Cameroon additionally weren’t all-conquering within the group stage of the match as they needed to accept second place on 5 factors.
Each groups now know they’ve to lift their recreation to succeed in the semifinals that comes with the highest prize of a World Cup ticket.
Nigeria maintain the proud file of getting featured in all of the FIFA Girls’s World Cups.
Nevertheless, in Morocco they haven’t been the all-conquering military from earlier tournaments.
Kick-off time Thursday is 6pm in Nigeria.
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