Nigeria to tackle France in friendly match

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has secured a friendly match with

the France female senior national team for the Super Falcons.

The match will be staged in Paris on a date that will be confirmed in due time.

The friendly will be the first meeting between the two sides since the Group A match in the FIFA Women World Cup in 2011.

France won the match by a lone goal courtesy of Marie-Laure Delie’s second half strike.

The friendly will be France’s third against an African side in recent times after strolling past both South Africa and Ghana.

It would also mark Nigeria’s first match in more than a year since winning AWCON 2016 in December last year.

The tie will thus commence the reigning African champions’ preparations for AWCON 2018 qualifiers and kick start a new era under coach Randy Waldrum.

Nigeria, who got a first round bye, are scheduled to commence their qualifiers in April.

They will face the winner of the first round tie between Burkina Faso and Gambia.

The 2018 continental showdown will double as the CAF qualifiers for the 2019 World Cup.

Three of the top sides in AWCON 2018 will qualify for the 2019 global showpiece to be held in France.