By Abdulmalik Afolabi
The match is an important milestone in Nigeria’s preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics, where the country hopes to have a significant effect. The Super Falcons, who qualified for the Olympics with a 1-0 aggregate win over South Africa in April, will want to compare their improvement to higher-level competition.The friendly will be Nigeria and Canada’s second meeting on Spanish soil. Their last meeting in 2019 before the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France resulted in a 2-1 loss for Nigeria, despite a strong effort from Desire Oparanoji. The two sides recently competed in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, which ended in a scoreless tie in Brisbane.According to The Nation, head coach Randy Waldrum, who recently unveiled the Super Falcons roster for Paris 2024, provided insight into the team’s preparation preparations. “We’re leaving for Spain on Thursday.” We will be camping for about ten days.Waldrum stated this in an interview with the Tinman Podcast. We’ll play a friendly against Canada on July 17th, and then travel to Bordeaux the next day, July 18th, to prepare for our first encounter on July 25th. This is an opportunity to dedicate a few days to preparing the team for the event. The training camp in Spain will be crucial for us.The Super Falcons will begin their Olympic campaign on July 25th against Brazil at Stade Bordeaux, then face Spain on July 28th and Japan in Nantes on July 31st.