The Nigeria national women’s team, the Super Falcons, have finally ended their poor run of seven consecutive defeats.
In their final game at the Revelation Cup four-nation tourney, the Super Falcons in the early hours on Wednesday morning at the Estadio León in Leone de los Aldamas, beat Costa Rica 1-0.
Esther Okoronkwo’s maiden goal for the Super Falcons was all Nigeria needed to claim their only win at the four-nation invitational tournament and salvage what was left of their battered image.
Before finally getting it right against Costa Rica, nine-time African champions, Nigeria had suffered identical lone-goal defeats against the Revelation Cup hosts, Mexico and Colombia.
Though down and out without a chance of winning the tournament’s trophy, the Super Falcons showed a great deal of determination to finish on a high and they achieved that against Costa Rica’s Las Ticas.
The Super Falcons’ participation in the Revelation Cup was part of the preparations for the 2023 FIFA women’s World Cup which will take place in Australia and New Zealand this summer.
Nigeria is drawn in Group B with Australia, Canada and the Republic of Ireland.
