Super Falcons defender, Michelle Alozie has stated that the valiant outing from Nigeria wasn’t just for the nation but for the whole of Africa following their exit in the knockout game against England.
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With three African countries in Nigeria, Morocco, and South Africa making it to the round 16 of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time, none made it to the semi-finals but albeit defeat, Nigeria’s fight against England, taking them to a penalty shoot-out against England has been the headline of various news outlet.
Speaking after the tightly contested affair as culled from CAf online, Alozie said they were disappointed but proud of the fight they put up for Nigeria and the rest of Africa.
“I mean yeah, obviously this isn’t how we wanted our World Cup to end. We really had a lot of opportunities early on, myself included.
We should have put them away sooner instead of letting it go to PK’s, especially with us being up one person but I can’t be more proud of this team” said Michelle Alozie.
“We probably had one of the hardest groups, some say the group of death. We came out and no one believed in us. We played over 90 minutes, going to PKs with England, Europe’s top team, and so everyone kind of counted us out and put us as the underdog”.
“We kept fighting, we fought for Africa, we fought for Nigeria and I just hope everyone is proud of us but this isn’t the end, this is really only the beginning of the wave of Nigerian soccer” conclude Alozie.
Super Falcons coach, Randy Waldrum echoed her player’s sentiments, saying that he was proud of his side’s performance, even though they could have won it had they buried their chances.
