Paris 2024: Super Falcons Set To Battle Brazil In Bordeaux Showdown

Nigeria’s Super Falcons make a triumphant return to the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament after 16 years absence, instilling fear in their opponents. Brazil will be the first to challenge the confident Nigerian team in what promises to be an explosive Group C opener in Bordeaux today.

In the past, pundits might have viewed this clash as an easy win for the South Americans, known for producing some of the world’s best players. However, much has changed over the past year and a half. Based on their performance at last summer’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, any team that underestimates the nine-time African champions could be in for a rude awakening.

The Falcons return to the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament facing the same team they last played – Brazil. In their previous encounter at the tournament, Nigeria lost 1-3 to the Canarinhas at Beijing’s Workers’ Stadium. Despite Perpetua Nkwocha’s opening penalty kick, a hat-trick by Cristiane propelled Brazil to the quarter-finals.

Today’s match at the 42,000-capacity Stade Matmut Atlantique in France is expected to be far more competitive and entertaining. Nigeria’s squad, filled with talented and enterprising professionals from clubs in Europe and the Americas, is confident and unafraid of facing top teams, as demonstrated in Australia last year.