Pressure Mounts On Falcons After Slim Banyana Win

• Super Falcons defeat South Africa 1-0 in the first leg of the Olympic qualifiers

• Former Falcons forward Patience Avre says the result is not good enough to take to the away leg

• Avre says the Falcons will be under pressure in the second leg in South Africa

Eko Hot Blog reports that former Super Falcons forward, Patience Avre, has said that Nigeria will be under pressure for the second leg of their Olympic qualifiers against South Africa following their narrow home win.

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The Super Falcons defeated South Africa 1-0 in the first leg of the Paris 2024 Olympics final qualification round, which was played at the MKO Abiola Stadium on Friday.

Avre, who played at three World Cups and was among the Falcons team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Australia, has said that the result is not good enough to take to the away leg in South Africa.

“That’s not good enough, it is tight but at least they tried by beating South Africa who are our rivals,” she told Saturday PUNCH_. “It’s still going to be very tough because now, they will be home team so definitely, there will be a lot of pressure there. The only thing we can do now is to do our best defensively and also in attacking by trying to score an early goal. If we don’t score early, it will make things hard for us because we all know how South African can be.”

The Super Falcons started the game brilliantly, with Chinwendu Ihezuo and Uchenna Kanu both having early shots on goal. However, it was Rasheedat Ajibade’s penalty in the 41st minute that proved to be the difference between the two sides.

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The result means the record African champions head into the second leg with a one-goal cushion and just have to avoid a defeat to book their place in the tournament.

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