Uche Mabo hail Falcons, urge team to gear up for the world

By Eddie Akalonu

*Falcons, champions again

Former Super Falcons handlers, Eucharia Uche and Ismaila Mabo have given kudos to the girls for reasserting Nigeria’s top edge in Africa by winning the African Women Championship in Namibia for the seventh time. Speaking to Sports vanguard, Uche, an ex-Falcon who has the record as first Nigeria female coach to win the Championship, said she was particularly happy at the way the players carried their game high during the championship such that it was clear from “go” they were out to reclaim the cup lost in 2012 to Equatorial Guinea who incidentally hosted the 7^th edition. “Well, I’m glad at the outcome. My commendation to the coach and players not just for winning, by also for holding their heads high throughout the competition, I saw a team that played with determination and courage and these often translated into goals scored with each passing game. It brought back memories of my playing days. There was no doubt they were out to do it,” she said. Speaking in the same vein, Mabo, who had the privilege of handling the team in to an  World Cup and Olympic games, praised the team for a job well done, saying :”kudos to the coach for doing a right mix of old and new, senior and junior players.” Mabo said “if our system can sustain the tempo of churning out new players who team up with the more experienced one in good time and with planning, in no time we can look forward to doing well on the world stage.
Meanwhile, both Uche and Mabo have also expressed full support for an appropriate reward for the team by the government, in the same manner they are calling on the NFF set the tone for the Falcons to have an outstanding World Cup next year in Canada, “We have not arrived yet, we should regard our victory in Namibia as part dress rehearsal for Canada. “First players owe themselves a duty to set a target for the world.. That means there should be no one should see the job as done until we are able to surpass our past performance in the world Cup.,” Mabo stated.Nigeria beat Cameroun 2-0 in the AWC final last weekend to clinch a seventh title and ticket to the world cup in Canada.