By Victor Kanayo
Ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games, Nigeria and Canada senior women teams will test might in the football friendly match scheduled for Malaga, Spain, on Wednesday.
Both teams are in Spain preparing for the biggest sporting fiesta globally.
According to a statement by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the showdown will be the final test for both teams ahead of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament starting in France in eight days.
Meaning, they will go toe-to-toe for the second time in one year.
The statement revealed that the match will commence at 6.30pm Spain time (5.30pm Nigeria time) at the La Quinta Football Centre, Malaga.
“It also draws the curtain on the Super Falcons’ camping programme in Spain,” the statement by the NFF Communications department said.
Both teams were involved in a hard-fought FIFA Women’s World Cup Group B opener at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium on 21 July, 2023, with the game ending 0-0.
Nigeria’s goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie saved a penalty kick by veteran Christine Sinclair, and made 14 other big saves in the afternoon encounter.
After Wednesday’s tune up game, Nigerian squad, nine-time African champions will fly into France on Thursday, where they will spend a week in further training ahead of their first match of the tournament against Brazil at the Stade Bordeaux on Thursday, July 25.
Nigeria’s other matches in the group phase are against Spain (28th July) and Japan (31st July), both at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes.
