FIFA Women’s World Cup: Super Falcons coach slams Nigeria’s ‘poor’ preparation

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“I joke about it with people here in the U.S., we have less days than a college preseason to prepare for the World Cup and it blows my ...

Waldrum who doubles as the University of Pittsburgh women’s soccer head coach bared his mind during a podcast interview with PSN’s John Krysinsky.The American coach while admitting to being excited to be leading the most populous black country, Nigeria to the World Cup said he is equally unhappy that all is not well with the Super Falcons barely 30 days to their opening match at the World Cup.

Though Waldrum admitted a lot of logistical planning would have been required to see the Falcons’ have the best of preparations, he noted the World Cup didn’t just come suddenly hence proper preparation should have been mapped out for the Super Falcons. However, for inexplicable reasons, the exercise was cancelled by the NFF meaning he can only send training programmes to players and hope they adhere to it as the professionals that they are.Nigeria will play Canada, co-host nation, Australia and the Republic of Ireland in that order in the first FIFA Women’s World Cup finals to have 32 countries participating.

 

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