Waldrum thumbs up Falcons display against South Africa, wants team to sharpen attack before Olympics

The senior female national team coach of Nigeria, Randy Waldrum, praised the Super Falcons for their performance in Pretoria against South Africa.

On Tuesday night, the Nigerian women’s national team played well against South Africa’s Banyana Banyana in the second leg of their last qualifying round match at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria.

The West African female soccer team held the reigning African champions to a 0-0 draw, scaling through 1-0 on aggregate, thus ending a sixteen-year wait to qualify for the Olympics.

While reacting to the team’s qualification for the Olympics, Waldrum said that the Super Falcons played to instruction in the keenly contested encounter played in Pretoria.

“The team did everything we asked of them to get the result,” Waldrum said after the game.

“We knew South Africa would come at us, we respect them but this was our seventh or eighth clean sheet, and we have been very good defensively

“With time and some proper work, we will also be better on the offensive side, which everyone is asking for.”

The coach also admitted that his side must improve in attack to have a good outing at the 2024 Olympic Games, which will begin from 26 July to 11 August 2024.

“It is a huge accomplishment for Nigeria and we defended brilliantly. There is work to be done when it comes to our attack, and we will improve before heading to France,” the 67-year-old told French outlet, France 24 in an interview.