The Super Falcons will face a big test when they square up against their Canadian counterparts in a friendly match in Murcia, Spain today.
The two Coaches, Thomas Dennerby and Kenneth Heiner-Møller will send out their strongest squads on the turf of the Pinatar Stadium for a real test, two months before the showpiece begins in France.
Heiner-Møller has made it known he values the encounter with the African champions, as it would enable him to anticipate what to expect against the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon, whom Canada tackles in their first match of the World Cup in Montpellier on June 10.
The North Americans will also play New Zealand and The Netherlands in the group phase.
The Falcons will open their campaign against Norway in Reims two days earlier; Nigeria will also confront the Korea Republic in Grenoble on June 12, before taking on tournament hosts France in Rennes, five days later.
Nigeria and Canada have locked horns twice at the Women’s World Cup.
The Falcons came from behind to tie their group phase encounter 3-3 in Norway in 1995.
In 2011, at the Rudolf-Harbig Stadion in Dresden, Germany, Nigeria pipped Canada 1-0 in another group phase encounter.
