{"id":40496,"date":"2024-07-25T10:46:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T10:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=40496"},"modified":"2024-07-25T10:46:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T10:46:15","slug":"oshoala-and-brazil-coach-trade-words-ahead-of-nigeria-super-falcons-paris-olympics-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/07\/25\/oshoala-and-brazil-coach-trade-words-ahead-of-nigeria-super-falcons-paris-olympics-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Oshoala and Brazil coach trade words ahead of Nigeria Super Falcons\u2019 Paris Olympics opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s star forward Asisat Oshoala and Brazil\u2019s head coach Arthur Elias have shared their teams\u2019 goals ahead of their opening match at the Paris 2024 Olympics Women\u2019s Football Tournament, <strong>Abuja City Journal<\/strong> reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Group C opener between Nigeria and Brazil is set to kick off later today (Thursday) at 19:00 at Stade de Bordeaux, France.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur Elias is confident as he leads Brazil into the crucial meeting with Nigeria.<br \/>\nHe believes the South American giants have the potential to go far in the tournament, citing the players\u2019 commitment and shared focus as key strengths.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria return to the Women\u2019s Olympic Football Tournament for the first time since 2008, making them the most experienced African nation in the competition, with three previous appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, Brazil have had the upper hand in past encounters with the Super Falcons, winning 4-3 after extra time in the 1999 Women\u2019s World Cup quarterfinal and 3-1 in the group stage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, the Super Falcons are determined to secure a victory and advance from a tough group that also includes world champions Spain and Japan.<br \/>\nBay FC striker and six-time African Women\u2019s Player of the Year, Asisat Oshoala, is optimistic about Nigeria\u2019s chances, aiming not just to progress from the group but also to win a medal.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s record at the Olympics is not fun to read with the Super Falcons registering one win and eight defeats in nine previous matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s star forward Asisat Oshoala and Brazil\u2019s head coach Arthur Elias have shared their teams\u2019 goals ahead of their opening match at the Paris 2024 Olympics Women\u2019s Football Tournament, Abuja City Journal reports. The Group C opener between Nigeria and Brazil is set to kick off later today (Thursday) at 19:00 at Stade de Bordeaux, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":40500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[1105,1130],"class_list":["post-40496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-oshoala","tag-paris-2024"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40496"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40531,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40496\/revisions\/40531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}