Speaking with www.footballlive.ng, Ikpeme stressed that the team’s top priority as spelt out by the football Federation is for the Edwin Okon-tutored side to advance beyond the group stage.
‘ Its been good they’re going there as African champions, they’ve had a wonderful pre-competition preparation. They were here at home and went to Canada to further prepare, we thank God there’s no injury. Secondly, the training is progressing well.
‘ Thirdly, the players themselves are in a very good, competitive mode, it was good we gave them that friendly against Canada at least they have an idea of their likely opponents and what’s expected of them.
‘I want to be very realistic here, overtime the Super Falcons will always qualified for the World Cup but they’ve never gone beyond the group stage, perhaps just once and it was a long time ago. So between them and the Federation we have said that they must go beyond, at least the group stage,’ Dr Ikpeme disclosed.
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