{"id":69693,"date":"2025-07-04T11:45:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69693"},"modified":"2025-07-04T11:45:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:45:32","slug":"wafcon-2024-oshoala-super-falcons-eye-historic-10th-title-in-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/04\/wafcon-2024-oshoala-super-falcons-eye-historic-10th-title-in-morocco\/","title":{"rendered":"WAFCON 2024: Oshoala, Super Falcons Eye Historic 10th Title in Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Super Falcons of Nigeria are set to launch a fierce bid for their 10th Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), title as the 2024 tournament kicks off in Morocco from July 5 to 26.<\/p>\n<p>Star striker Asisat Oshoala, making her fifth WAFCON appearance, expressed her readiness to lead the charge. \u201cPersonally, I want to score goals-it\u2019s what I love to do,\u201d she said. \u201cWhenever I\u2019m with the team, I give my best to ensure we win every game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grouped alongside Tunisia, Algeria, and Botswana in Group B, the Falcons will begin their campaign on July 6 in Casablanca against Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Justine Madugu, confident in the team\u2019s preparation, declared their mission clear: \u201cWe\u2019re fully aware of our goal-\u2018La Decima\u2019. We want to win our 10th title and bring the trophy back home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Veteran forward Stella Mbachu echoed similar optimism. \u201cThe Super Falcons will not lose any game at this tournament. They have what it takes to win every match and lift the trophy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Team captain Rasheedat Ajibade also affirmed the squad\u2019s determination, emphasizing their unity and improved preparation.<\/p>\n<p>With a blend of experienced stars and rising talents, Nigeria\u2019s Super Falcons are poised to reaffirm their dominance in African women\u2019s football and etch their name in history once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke The Super Falcons of Nigeria are set to launch a fierce bid for their 10th Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), title as the 2024 tournament kicks off in Morocco from July 5 to 26. Star striker Asisat Oshoala, making her fifth WAFCON appearance, expressed her readiness to lead the charge. \u201cPersonally, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":69694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69693","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69695,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69693\/revisions\/69695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}