Falcons focused in bid to retain WAFCON title –Madugu
Coach of the Super Falcons of Nigeria, Justin Madugu, says his team remains focused and resolute ahead of their defense of the next Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), which is scheduled to take place in Morocco.
Madugu who was speaking ahead of the tournament which will begin from July 25 to August 16, 2026, said that his teams priority will first be to ensure that they make it to the World Cup.
“The next WAFCON will also serve as qualification for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, so our priority will first be to ensure that we make it to the World Cup. The second goal will be to defend the trophy and bring it back to Nigeria,” Madugu told CAF Online.
“We know it won’t be easy because, as champions, everybody will now be looking at us. We are holding something precious that everybody wants, but we will remain resolute and focused and try as much as possible to achieve both objectives.”
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The coach also noted that his team is not yet perfect at the moment as he and his backroom coaching staff have made a lot of observations in the course of the pre-WAFCON matches.
“We are not a perfect team yet. We have made a lot of observations in the course of the pre-WAFCON matches we played and even during the WAFCON itself. We have analysed many areas that we know we need to work on.
“But these are technical areas that we will keep to ourselves while we continue working on them. The important thing is that we recognise there is always room for improvement and we will continue striving to make the team better,” Madugu noted.
