Randy Waldrum hails ‘Incredible’ Super Falcons after win over Australia
Head Coach of Nigeria’s Super Falcons Randy Waldrum has hailed the ‘Incredible’ mentality which helped his team to a 3-2 win over Australia in their 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, group B clash.
Randy Waldrum tutored Super Falcons came from behind to defeat World Cup co-hosts Australia on Thursday July 27 to go top of group B.
Goals from Uchenna Kanu, Osinachi Ohale and Asisat Oshoala helped Nigeria fight-back from a Emily Van Egmond opening goal for the Matildas.
Nigeria face already eliminated republic of Ireland in their last group game seeking at least a draw to seal a knock-out round spot.
Speaking to the Press after the win in Brisbane, Waldrum declared the Falcons can beat anybody if they continue to play together as seen vs Australia.
“The mentality of the team is incredible. It would have been easy to give up before halftime after they scored, but they responded immediately,” Waldrum said as quoted by VM.
“They showed great resilience to come back and turn the game around in the second half. I just think the team has incredible spirit, and the chemistry together is unbelievable. As long as we have that, we can beat anybody.”
Nigeria’s final group stage game against debutants Republic of Ireland comes up on Monday July 30.
