Nigerians on social media have reacted to the Super Falcons’ opening performance at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup campaign.
The Nigerian female team forced Canada to a 0-0 draw in Melbourne on Friday with an impressive performance from the team’s captain, Chiamaka Nnadozie, who is the goalkeeper.
The Nigeria goalie made a crucial intervention by saving a penalty kick taken by Canada captain, Christine Sinclair.
But reacting to the match, Nigerians who took to the microblogging site, Twitter, hailed the team’s goalkeeper for her performance.
@Odigie_Walter wrote, “Super Falcons Goalkeeper Nnadozie made some fine stops during the game including this penalty save from Sinclair. How crucial was she for us in this game?”
On his part, Maazị Chiedozie Ndubuisi said, “Nice game from the girls, they were phenomenal… it isn’t easy getting back to a game that was initially dominated by the Olympic champions… Top-notch mentality and apt…