Famous Nigerian female footballer, Asisat Oshoala was recently honoured with woman of the match award. The Super Falcon player happily announced this on her Instagram page recently.
The Super Falcons stand at 168.78 cm, followed by the Republic of Ireland at 168.56 cm, and Australia is the collective shortest in the group at 160 cm.
Reacting, Shehu on his official verified Twitter page wrote: "Super Falcons deserve commendation for their performance against France. In soccer, refereeing can mean everything as we saw in today's match, #NGAFRA."
Super Falcons of Nigeria's forward and Dalian Quanjian FC footballer, Asisat Oshoala has just been crowned the Chinese women's League's 'Best Striker of the season' for 2017.
Following the 2- 0 victory in Abuja last Friday, the Super Falcons stunned the Ivorians with an 88th-minute strike at the Stade Robert Champroux in Abidjan to win 3-0 on aggregate.
The Super Falcons had to wait until the final Group F fixtures, to see if they would progress. The USA beat Sweden 2-0 and more importantly, Chile could only defeat Thailand 2-0, despite needing to win by three unreplied goals.
The Super Falcons still have room for improvement as they were poor in the attack today. They need to learn to create more goal-scoring opportunities and take them.
Nigeria stole the show in the group stages after upsetting European giants Spain and Bulgaria in their first two games, before going down 1-0 against Paraguay in their last fixture, but that didn't stop the Super Eagles from topping Group D
It has been reported that Nigerian billionaires, Aliko Dangote and Abdulsamad Rabiu have financially rewarded the victorious Super Falcons for winning the African Women Nations Cup trophy.
This triumph etches their name alongside Nigeria's Super Falcons as Africa's representatives with a win in the 2023 edition held in Australia and New Zealand.
The victory over China Women's national team means the Lionesses of England will play against the Super Falcons of Nigeria in the round of 16 of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.