Onome Ebi, the captain of Super Falcons of Nigeria, has assured that the entire team are in high spirit ahead of their clash on Thursday against the Matildas of Australia. The match against the World Cup co-host comes up at Brisbane’s Lang Park.
Onome Ebi left was left on the substitutes bench, hence Coach Randy Waldrum handed the captain’s armband to goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie, and she justified the confidence with a sterling performance, including a double save from Christine Sinclair’s penalty kick five minutes into the second period.
Now back in Queensland, following the feat that left scrambled eggs on the faces of bookmakers, the nine-time African champions are looking forward to what would certainly be a most interesting encounter with the Matildas.
“We are in very high spirits, I can tell you,” Ebi told thenff.com on the team’s return to Brisbane.
“It is the day after that massive point and we are already looking forward to our second match. The Aussies will not be easy, but we knew before arriving in Australia that no team at this tournament will be easy.”
The players were given the day off on Saturday, and only loosened up from the encounter that stunned the North Americans.
Nigeria will square up to the Aussies at the Lang Park Stadium on Thursday (from 11am Nigeria time) with the arena expected to be filled to its 52,000 -capacity.
