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Super Falcons coach, Justin Madugu, has suggested that Toni Payne could regenerate suspended midfielder Jennifer Echegini for Nigeria’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON, last Group C clash against Egypt on Wednesday.
Nigeria volition beryllium without Echegini, who has accumulated 2 yellowish cards, and defender Oluwatosin Demehin, who received a reddish paper against Zambia.
Speaking to reporters astatine his pre-match property conference, Madugu said of the anticipation of Payne replacing Echegini,
“All the players successful the squad are bully enough; they each person antithetic qualities and person their strengths and weaknesses.
“She [Toni Payne] is bully to go, she has an opportunity, and hopefully she volition besides beryllium portion of the team, considering the information that we person players that would not beryllium connected the team tomorrow.”
A triumph for Nigeria against Egypt volition boost their chances of progressing to the quarter-final stage.
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