Nigeria’s Super Falcons bounce back to the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament with some fear factor for all opponents, and Brazil are the first to face the girls with the swagger in what promises to be an explosive opener to Group C in the city of Bordeaux on Thursday evening.

2004 quarter-finalists Nigeria are scheduled to arrive in the French city of Bordeaux Thursday as the countdown begins for their first outing at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in 16 years.

Nigeria and Canada senior women teams go toe-to-toe for the second time in one year Wednesday, in a closed-doors training match in Malaga which amounts to the final test for both teams ahead of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament starting in France in eight days.

The arrivals of forwards Uchenna Kanu and Chinwendu Ihezuo at the Super Falcons’ camp in Sevilla, Spain on Thursday afternoon brought the number of players in camp to 20, with only defender Oluwatosin Demehin and forward Chinonyerem Macleans still expected as the nine-time African champions intensify preparations for their return to the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament.

Nigeria’s Super Falcons have kickstarted preparations for their first appearance at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in 16 years, as their camp in the city of Jerez de la Frontera outside Sevilla has come alive with most of the invited players in camp.