2024 Olympic Qualifier: Ohale, Otu, Ucheibe To Miss Ethiopia clash

2024 Olympic Qualifier: Ohale, Otu, Ucheibe To Miss Ethiopia clash

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Midfielder Esther Onyenezide, who impressed at last years FIFA U20 Womens World Cup finals in Costa Rica as Nigeria reached the quarter-finals, has been drafted to take the place of 2023 FIFA World Cup star Halimatu Ayinde in Nigerias squad for the 2024 Women Olympic Football Tournament fixture against Ethiopias senior women national team.

The delegation of home-based players and technical and backroom staff from Nigeria flew into Addis Ababa on Sunday for Wednesdays opening leg encounter at the Abebe Bekila Stadium, and the foreign-based players have started arriving for the big match as well.

The Super Falcons will host the second leg of the second-round fixture at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday, 31st October 2023.

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The winner on aggregate will confront the winner of the fixture between Cameroon and Uganda. The Indomitable Lionesses drew a bye, while Uganda overpowered Rwanda 4-3 on aggregate.

Ethiopias senior girls, nicknamed Lucy, turned back the senior women national team of Chad 10-0 in the first round of the series, played in the month of July. The Ethiopians won the first lef 6-0 in Addis Ababa on 13th July, before lashing their hosts 4-0 in NDjamena five days later.

The Confederation of African Football has appointed Lamia Atman from Algeria as referee for Wednesdays encounter, with her compatriots Asma Feriel Ouahab, Sara Kemmad and Ghada Mehat as Assistant Referee 1, Assistant Referee 2 and Fourth official respectively.

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Angelique Tuyishime from Rwanda will serve as Referee Assessor while Tabitha Wambui Njoroge from Kenya will be in the role of Match Commissioner.

For Tuesdays return leg in Abuja, Edoh Kindedji from Togo will be referee, with her compatriots Abra Sitsofe Agbedanou and Kossiwa Kayigan Awoutey as Assistant Referee 1 and Assistant Referee 2 respectively. Yacine Samassa from Mauritania will be in the role of Fourth official.

Daloba Oulare from Guinea will be the Referee Assessor and Christine Ziga from Ghana will serve as Match Commissioner.

SUPER FALCONS TO BATTLE ETHIOPIA:

Goalkeepers: Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC); Tochukwu Oluehi (Shualat Alsharqia FC, Saudi Arabia); Monle Oyono (Bayelsa Queens).

Defenders: Comfort Folorunsho (Edo Queens); Oluwatosin Demehin (Stade de Reims, France); Michelle Alozie (Houston Dash, USA); Nicole Payne (Paris Saint Germain, France); Jumoke Alani (Edo Queens); Rofiat Imuran (Stade de Reims, France).

Midfielders: Esther Onyenezide (FC Robo Queens); Peace Efih (Sporting Club de Braga, Portugal); Rasheedat Ajibade (Atletico Madrid FC, Spain); Toni Payne (Sevilla FC, Spain).

Forwards: Omorinsola Babajide (Coasta Adeje Tenerife Egatesa, Spain); Ifeoma Onumonu (NY/NJ Gotham FC, USA); Asisat Oshoala (FC Barcelona Feminine, Spain); Uchenna Kanu (Racing Louisville, USA); Opeyemi Ajakaye (FC Robo Queens).

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