Head coach of Nigeria’s Super Falcons, Justine Madugu, said the team remains focused on their Mission X target at the ongoing Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco.
Madugu said this ahead of the team’s second group B game against Botswana at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca on Thursday.
“As I said before the commencement of the tournament, we remain focused on our Mission X and we believe that victory over Botswana is a huge possibility.
“We are taking it one match at a time without taking any team for granted,” Madugu said.
Group leaders Nigeria will fancy their chances of scooping the three points when they take on Botswana with their campaign to win a 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title.
The Super Falcons wasted little sweat in dispatching Tunisia 3-0 in their first match of the campaign, and will book an early slot in the quarter finals if they beat the Southern Africans.
Three years ago, in the 12th edition of the competition hosted by the same country, the Falcons scored twice to turn the hopes of the Botswanans to ashes at the Stade Prince Moulay El Hassan.
The opposition will have a number of new birds to contend with on Thursday, with the likes of Esther Okoronkwo, who was woman of the match against Tunisia Jennifer Echegini, Rinsola Babajide and Chinwendu Ihezuo.
The quartet are likely to present a number of problems at the fore, alongside the well-known faces of Captain Rasheedat Ajibade, Asisat Oshoala and Toni Payne.
Botswana comes into the game still nursing their one-goal defeat to Algeria last Sunday. (NAN)