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Former Super Falcons forward, Stella Mbachu, has called for better preparations for the Falcons and Falconets ahead of this year’s African Women’s Cup of Nations and the U-20 Women’s World Cup.
Nigeria’s Falconets will be featuring in the U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea from November 13 to December 3 while the Falcons will be seeking to defend their AWCON title in Cameroon from November 19.
Falconets are drawn in Group B in Papua New Guinea against Japan, Canada and Spain while the Falcons will compete in Group B against Ghana, Mali and Kenya.
Mbachu told our correspondent that the Nigeria Football Federation has not given the women’s teams the best preparations needed for them to succeed in their various competitions.
She added that the teams, which included the national U-17 women’s team, who will compete in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan from September 30, were not given the same attention as their male counterparts.
“The NFF needs to realise that the women’s teams are the remaining hope for football in the country this year. They have all qualified for their competitions unlike their male counterparts, who failed to live up to expectations,” she said.
“If any of the men’s teams were to be preparing for the World Cup, we know how their camping would have been like. I know that there is no money in the country but we cannot use that as an excuse for the teams because the same federation will crucify the coaches if these teams fail to do well in their competitions.
“The Flamingoes didn’t prepare well for the U-17 World Cup and the same should not be done to the other two teams. They need better preparations to enable them to do well. The Falcons are seeking to win the Nations Cup for another record time and good preparations will help them to achieve that.
“The Falconets too want to win the U-20 World Cup after finishing second twice but it will come with good preparations. The discrimination between the men’s and women’s teams should stop to enable the country get the best out of these teams.”
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