Julius Okorie
Super Falcons lost by a lone goal to Olympic Champions Canada this Wednesday in Seville in a friendly ahead of the Paris Olympics.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe encounter was a good test game for the team as Coach Randy Waldrum used it to offer experiment on readiness of the girls to rise to the occasion in Paris.
The Reds as the Canadian side are sometimes called, scored the game’s lone goal in the first half in what was a rematch of their 0-0 draw in last year’s Women’s World Cup.
Super Falcons opening match in Paris will be against Brazil on July 25th at the Stade Bordeaux. The team is expected to depart Seville for France in coming days.
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Falcons were not the only ones that had a shape up friendly going into the Olympics, second African representatives Zambia played a 1-1 draw with last women world cup hosts New Zealand on Saturday.
In another friendly today, United States settled for a goalless draw against Costa Rica. Canada’s lone goal victory over Falcons makes it two wins in two games for the Olympic Champions who also won a 2-1 friendly over Australia on Saturday.
Olympic Games opening matches Thursday, 25 July 2024
Group A: France v Colombia | 21:00 | Stade de Lyon (Match 1)
Group A: Canada v New Zealand | 17:00 | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne (Match 2)
Group B: USA v Zambia | 21:00 | Stade de Nice (Match 3)
Group B: Germany v Australia | 19:00 | Stade de Marseille (Match 4)
Group C: Spain v Japan | 17:00 | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes (Match 5)
Group C: Nigeria v Brazil | 19:00 | Stade de Bordeaux (Match 6)
Here are results of friendly matches played ahead of the Games kick off
France 2-1 Sweden
Republic of Ireland 3-1 France
Canada 2-1 Australia
Canada 1-0 Nigeria
Colombia 1-2 Ecuador
New Zealand 1-1 Zambia
Australia 1-2 Canada
Iceland 3-0 Germany
Germany 4-0 Austria
USA 1-0 Mexico
USA 0-0 Costa Rica
Zambia 1-1 New Zealand
Japan 4-0 Ghana
Czechia 2-1 Spain
Spain 2-0 Belgium
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
