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Super Falcons caput coach, Justine Madugu has apologised for his team’s dismal outing astatine the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.
The 10-time African champions were eliminated successful the quarter-finals by the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon.
Nigeria besides failed to unafraid a spot successful the inter-confederation playoffs pursuing a 2-1 decision to arch rivals, the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon.
The Super Falcons volition not beryllium attending the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the archetypal clip since inception successful 1991.
Madugu said his players gave their champion connected the pitch.
The gaffer besides took afloat work for the Super Falcons’ nonaccomplishment successful the competition.
“First of all, I person to apologise to Nigerians implicit our inability to marque it to the World Cup. It was not our intention.
“We came and did the champion that we could, but our champion was not bully enough. We are precise atrocious for that, and we instrumentality afloat work for everything that happened,” Madugu told reporters aft the crippled against South Africa.
Madugu’s presumption has travel nether expanding scrutiny, with respective calls for his dismissal pursuing the Super Falcons’ mediocre showing.
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