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By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist
With few days to the start of 12th CAF African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) in Morocco, more overseas-based players on Wednesday joined the camp of Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons in Abuja as competition for positions in the final squad has intensified.The latest arrivals to the Bolton White Hotels and Suite, Abuja are forwards
Ifeoma Onumonu, Anam Imo, Vivian Ikechukwu and veteran midfielder
Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene. Their arrival have brought the total number of players in camp to 32 as at the time of this report.
This is even as Russia-based Francisca Ordega; Ashleigh Plumptre aka ‘Oyibo Wall’ who plays club football in England and Sweden-based
Halimat Ayinde arrived camp on Tuesday to bring the number in camp then to 28 players.
Super Falcons gather for team talk.
Earlier, United States-based goalkeeper Yewande Balogun, defender Michelle Alozie and midfielders Amanda Mbadi and Toni Payne had joined the camp while two China-based Desire Oparanozie and Veronica Ihezue were stopped by Covid-19 as there are travel restrictions in and out of China.
Sportsrevelation reports that those who arrived the Abuja camp early
include team captain Onome Ebi and co- defenders Osinachi Ohale, Glory Ogbonna and Akudo Ogbonna; midfielders Rita Chikwelu and Rasheedat Ajibade, and forwards Asisat Oshoala and Gift Monday as well as goalkeepers Chiamaka Nnadozie, Tochukwu Oluehi and Rita Akarekor.
Others who hit Bolton White Hotels and Suites camp on the first day were Opeyemi Sunday, Charity Adule, Christy Ucheibe, Suliat Abideen, Chinonyerem Macleans, Peace Efih and Ugochi Emenayo.
Prayer is the Key to Success. ..Super Falcons players and officials praying before the start of training session at Practice Pitch 1 of MKO Abiola National Stadium Abuja.
United States-based goalkeeper Yewande Balogun, defender Michelle Alozie and midfielders Amanda Mbadi and Toni Payne as well as Uchenna Kanu
are in arrive camp too.
Meanwhile, the team which is training at Practice Pitch 1 of the MKO Abiola National Stadium Abuja under the watchful eyes of the United States-born gaffer Randy Waldrum will be making a determination on who will make the final team that will leave Nigeria next week for Morocco .
The competition will hold in two cities of Morocco -Casablanca and Rabat from July 2-23.