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October 12, 2014

AWC: Okon targets title

AWC: Okon targets title

Coach Edwin Okon said his team’s main aim in Windhoek, Namibia is to win the African Women Championship and announce to African that the Super Falcons are back on track.

Okon reckons the Super Falcons who have missed the trophy twice are still the best in the continent.

“We want to show the continent of Africa that we are back and better. We are number one in Africa, this we will prove on the pitch.

“We want to also let them know that this is not the Falcons of yesterday but that of today,” he concluded.

“We have the quality and class to match any team and at that we will not disappoint Nigerians,” said Okon who had his first feel of the AWC yesterday.

Okon, added that he is confident the mix of experience and youth in his team will ensure they emerge victorious at the eight-nation women tournament.

The former Falconets gaffer, who led the Nigeria U20 team to a fourth-place finish at the 2012 Fifa U20 Women’s World Cup, believes his team has what it takes to end the four years continental trophy drought at the 2014 AWC.