Coach Pedros Finally Reveals What Helped Morocco Beat Super Falcons in AWCON Semifinal

Reynald Pedros who is the head coach of the Moroccan national women's team has stated clearly that the crowd at the stadium really helped his side in their win over the Super Falcons.

It was a tough game for Morocco on Monday night, 18 July, despite being the host nation as the Super Falcons who are defending champions of the AWCON gave them a big fight.

The Nigerian side had to to finish the match with 9 women and played 50 minutes of the encounter with two-woman down.

The 120 minutes of the game ended in a 1-1 draw before it went into penalties and Morocco emerged winners on 5-4 aggregate.

According to the report on Brila, Reynald Pedros explained that the Nigerian side were so tough in the encounter claiming the fans were so helpful.

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''We won against a difficult opponents with the help of the fans and I want to thank the fans because the atmosphere helped us. It was amazing because they were 12th, 13th or even the 14th player and we dedicate this qualification to them.''

Morocco will now face South Africa in the final of the 2022 African Women's Cup of Nations.

Super Falcons Boycott Training After Making Demands From Nigeria Football Federation

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Super Falcons of Nigeria reportedly boycotted training on Wednesday morning following the refusal by the Nigeria Football Federation to pay their bonuses.

Falcons are said to be demanding immediate payment of their appearance fee ahead of their third-place final match against Zambia.

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It was gathered that the NFF has promised to fulfil the promises, but so far, the ladies have not been paid.

The Falcons are scheduled to take on Zambia on Friday at the Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca on Friday in the bronze medal match.

The female national team players failed to show up for their training to protest the non-payment of some of their entitlements.

This is not the first time that the Super Falcons have protested unpaid allowances.

After emerging champions at the 2004 Africa Women’s Championships, the team remained in their hotel in South Africa for three days protesting unpaid allowances.