Despite flagging those issues, Oparanozie described Nigeria’s performance against Tunisia in Casablanca as “dominant”, although she also said the team were “very wasteful” in front of goal.
After finishing fourth at the last edition of the finals in 2022, the NFF has branded the campaign to win the Wafcon title in Morocco as ‘Mission X’.
Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie says the focus on returning home with the trophy has helped foster a strong team spirit.
“They say there’s power in the spoken word and the federation brought up this logo, Mission X, just to encourage us,” said the 24-year-old, who recently signed for Brighton & Hove Albion Women in England.
“There are so many countries here competing for the same trophy and for them to tag that Mission X means they believe in us.
“Of course every team wants to stop Nigeria, but we do everything in our power to always be who we are.
“We know people want to be in our position and we know people want to take us down, but that’s life. We always try as much as we can to keep up the good spirit.”
