Super Falcons captain and defensive midfielder Evelyn Nwabuoku is optimistic that her side will overcome Mali to book their All Africa and Olympic Games tickets.
The African champions will be the guests of Mali on Sunday, March 22, in Bamako for a place at the 11th All-Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville.
Nwabuoku said her side want to qualify for the championships to erase the ugly memories of their absence from the immediate past games.
“Mali can’t stop us from going to the All-Africa Games as well as the Olympics no matter how hard they fight.
“Of course, none of us wants to remember the fact that we didn’t qualify for the last All-Africa Games and Olympics. It was a sad occurrence in our history that nobody wants to repeat.
“Mali are actually a good side, I remember clearly that we encountered the side in 2010 and they gave us hell, but we eventually defeated them.
“We’re not going to underrate the Malians nor any other side at any stage of the competition.
“We just commenced training for the match against Mali in Bamako, team spirit is quite high as everybody is responding very well and eagerly looking forward to the clash,” said the captain of Nigeria Professional Football League (NWPL) side, Rivers Angels to supersport.com.
The decisive fixture will be held in Nigeria with the aggregate winners going ahead to cement a spot at the quadrennial multiple sports fiesta.
The reigning African champions will also contest with Mali the ticket for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil.
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