Super Falcons coach, Christopher Danjuma said the Super Falcons failure to impress against Equatorial Guinea in the first leg match of their 2016 Olympic Games was because the team was affected by the death of the media officer Precious Akujobi.

The Super Falcons came to terms with sad end of Akujobi last Thursday as they rounded off training for the match.

“We apologise for the result and the way the match went. Even though we don’t want to make excuses, we had a number of problems.

“We were affected emotionally by what happened in our camp on Thursday, and we missed some of our best players,” Danjuma said.

However, Equatorial Guinea coach said they will not take the 1-1 draw against the Super Falcons for granted.

“We knew the falcons very well, and really prepared ourselves, even though we also have a good team.