Nigeria vs France: Les Bleues coach, Diacre predicts FIFA Women’s World Cup

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Nigeria vs France: Les Bleues coach, Diacre predicts FIFA Women’s World Cup

 

Head coach of France’s national women team, Corinne Diacre, has predicted that the Super Falcons of Nigeria will give her side a hard time when both sides clash in their final Group A fixture on Monday night at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

The Les Bleues will tackle the Thomas Dennerby’s side at the Stade de la Route de Lorient Stadium in France.

The hosts head to the match after defeating Norway 2-1 on Wednesday, while Nigeria defeated South Korea 2-0.

”As far as Nigeria team is concerned, I’m just looking at one match after another so I haven’t thought yet about anything concrete on Nigeria,” Diacre was quoted by Allnigeriasoccer as saying ahead of France’s clash against Nigeria.

”I am going to relax, think about it tomorrow, then we will reflect on things – what we can do, who may stay on the bench because we did have some injuries and let them recover.

”We are going to have to think about this long and hard.

”Norway gave us a hard time, Nigeria will probably do the same. For the time being, now we are just going to stay put and fight hard to win that match against Nigeria.”

 

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French authorities release CAF President, Ahmad

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French authorities release CAF President, Ahmad

 

President of the Confederation of African Football, CAF; Ahmad Ahmad has been released.

He was released by French anti-corruption officials on Thursday evening without charge.

We had earlier reported that the Police in France arrested the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad in Paris, capital of France on Thursday.

FIFA had earlier confirmed Ahmad’s arrest by the French authorities in a statement.

The statement read: “FIFA is unaware of the details surrounding this investigation and is therefore not in a position to make any comment on it specifically.

“FIFA is asking the French authorities for any information that might be relevant to investigations taking place within its Ethics Committee.”

Ahmad, a former Malagasy cabinet minister, had been reported last month to FIFA’s ethics committee for alleged corruption and sexual harassment by CAF general secretary, Amr Fahmy, who was then fired, NAN reports.

Among the allegations is the claim that Ahmad forced CAF to buy sportswear through a French company rather than directly from manufacturers, and at inflated prices.

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