Rwanda 0:1 Falconets - Reflection

Nigeria’s Falconets edged out Rwanda 1-0 in the first leg, second round of the 2026 FIFA U-20 women’s World Cup qualifiers in Kigali on Sunday.

Well done to the Falconets. Whilst some would find the slim scoreline a worry, for me it reflects that the quality women's football is on the ascendancy in the continent.

It is sine-qua-non that we continually invest in our young ladies with finance, equipment and cutting edge facilities so that they can continually rise above the pack.

With a number of our record setting 2025 Super Falcons on the upper end of their 20s, it will be up to these younger ones to saddle up and take the roles of reluctant heroes in the subsequent Wafcons.

Mercifully, most, if not all recent Falconets graduates have taken to top flight international football like the proverbial duck to water.

Deborah Abiodun, Demehin, Shukurat Oladipo and Folashade Ijamilusi are recent Falconets alumni rubbing shoulders and boots with the big girls, big time, compellingly.

This is wishing this lot success in the second leg against Rwanda and ultimate qualification for the world cup where they can announce themselves and be added to the conveyor belt of Super Falcons prospects