Duro IkhazuagbeTop Super Falcons’ star players like Halimat Ayinde, Osinachi Ohale and Christy Ucheibe will be conspicuously missing this afternoon as Nigeria battle hosts Ethiopia in the first leg second-round fixture of the Paris Olympic Games women’s football event qualifier in Addis Ababa. The game slated for the Abebe Bekila Stadium in the Ethiopian capital city, is to kick off at 3.30pm Ethiopia time (1.30pm Nigeria time). Esther Onyenezide, who impressed at last year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals in Costa Rica as Nigeria reached the quarter-finals, has been drafted to replace Ayinde. According to the Director of Communication of the NFF, only US-based Ifeoma Onumonu was expected in Addis Ababa last night. Next year’s Olympic Games will hold between 26th July and 11th August in Paris and a few other places in France.
