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Ex-Super Falcons stars Stella Mbachu and Maureen Mmadu say the decision to play late arrival Asisat Oshoala in Friday’s (today)

While Osimhen won the Best Male player accolade, Oshoala bagged the Best Female player award for the sixth consecutive time.

By Harry Awurumibe Expectedly, the epic final on October 31, 1998 between bitter English-speaking West African rivals, Nigeria and Ghana lived up to its billing but it was Nigeria that triumphed at the end of the match watched by over 30,000 fans including CAF ex- President Issah Hayatou and his executive committee members. The home

Speaking with Saturday PUNCH, Maureen Mmadu, who featured at four different World Cups, was elated, saying African football had come of age.

The Super Falcons forward made her position known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.

Stella Mbachu, a member of the Falcons squad to four World Cup tournaments (1999-2011), is positive about the Falcons’ chances, saying they can even go beyond Nigeria’s best run at the World Cup.

Former stars of the Super Falcons have rated the team’s chances of putting up a fine outing  at the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand

Punch Newspapers Sections ’Tosin Oluwalowo Kindly share this story: South Africas forward Thembi Kgatlana (L) vies with Chinas defender Haiyan Wu during the France 2019 Womens World Cup Group B football match between South Africa and China, on June 13, 2019, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) ’Tosin Oluwalowo Published 11 May 2021 CAF’s Women Footballer of  The Year  2018 Thembi Kgatlana is among several African football stakeholders who bera...