Newly signed Paris Saint-Germain player, Jennifer Echegini has told their opponents ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics not to underestimate the Super Falcons.
Echegini who made the remarks in a recent interview said that the Super Falcons will surely show their class against their group opponents Spain, Japan, and Brazil.
According to her, teams tend to underestimate the ability of the Super Falcons because they sum up that our football ability is just based on strength and speed.
“I feel like as a Nigeria or any other African team, they underestimate our football ability, and they kind of just base us off strength and speed,” Echegini told Beats and rhymes FC
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Jennifer stated further that it is kind of funny when people say the Super Falcons are just about speed and strength because most of the players have a background in English and Dutch football.
She said; ”It’s always ‘Oh they are strong and powerful’, but we can also play.”
“I feel like a lot of times, teams don’t expect that, and they’ll be surprised when we start playing around them. I prefer if they don’t expect it because it makes things easier for us, but whenever I hear people talking about Nigeria, it’s always ‘strong’ or ‘fast’, and I’m like, “We’re not just that, you know?”
“A lot of us grew up playing the exact same way as those England girls or the Dutch girls, so it’s kind of funny when people say we’re just speed and strength. We went through the same process growing up,.we just chose to represent the Nigerian team.”
