Super Falcons Star Okobi Speaks Ahead of AWCON Semifinal Showdown Against Hosts Morocco

• Ngozi Okobi has disclosed that the teeming Moroccan fans will not intimidate the Super Falcons when they clash on Monday night
• The Super Falcons star has stated that the Nigerian ladies will go into the game with the sole purpose of winning
• Nigeria and Morocco clash in a massive AWCON semifinal fixture and the winner of the game will go through to the final

Super Falcons star Ngozi Okobi has boasted that the Nigerian ladies will not be intimidated by the teeming fans when they file out against hosts Morocco at the ongoing Africa Women Cup of Nations tournament.

The Super Falcons set up a mouthwatering semifinal clash with the Atlas Lionesses for a place in the final of this year’s tournament.

Both teams have already qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, but the prestigious continental prize is up for grabs.

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And ahead of the fixture, Okobi admits that the Atlas Lionesses will get lots of supporters from the crowd, but said the Falcons will not be intimidated.

She said via Spostsvillagesquare:

“We have played against teams playing at home and we know how to manage games like this. We do not care about how many people are in the stadium.

"We shall come into this game with the sole purpose of winning and going to the final.”

South Africa through to AWCON semifinal

Meanwhile, South Africa edged out Tunisia 1-0 in a tense 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal at the Stade Moulay Hassan in Rabat.

Jermaine Seopesenwe's smart finish in the 14th minute proved to be the winner for the tournament favourites in an engrossing last of four quarterfinals.

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The result, significantly, ensured that Banyana Banyana, Morocco, co-favourites Nigeria, and rising power Zambia all booked their places at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

The statistics suggested that the match was as cagey as one could hope for as a neutral, with only two shots from each side being on target all evening.

Cameroon qualify for inter-confederation play-offs

Sports Brief earlier reported that despite crashing out of the 2022 African Women Cup of Nations going on in Morocco, Cameroon have secured a passage into the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup inter-confederation play-offs.

The defeat against the Super Falcons of Nigeria was a painful one for the Cameroonian national women's team as they wanted to play in the semifinal of the 2022 AWCON.

But according to the report on GOAL, Cameroon defeated Botswana with Ajara Nchout netting the goal that gave them the win to secure their place in the inter-confederation play-offs.