D'Tigress ready to avenge Super Eagles defeat to Argentina

Nigerian were heartbroken after the Super Eagles crashed out of the group stage following a 2-1 defeat to Argentina in their last group fixture a team that has become a bogey team.

The D’Tigress dressing room was in high spirits following their 74-68 win over Turkey in their second group game.

The national women’s team are determined to continue in winning ways but face Argentina in their last group encounter.

After an 86-68 loss to Australia in their opener, D’Tigress can still qualify to the quarter-finals but need to defeat Argentina who has lost their opening two games.

Sarah Ogoke, who recorded 22-points in the victory over Turkey stated in an interview with that she is delighted about the result of the game but is already making plans for another victory.

She said, “Sunday’s game was good, but we are not going to dwell on it for too long. We still have another very big and must win the game against Argentina tomorrow.”

The Shooting Guard also revealed that the D’Tigress will have to step up to banish the Super Eagles perennial demons Argentina.

She said, “This is going to be our revenge against Argentina that took out the Super Eagles at the FIFA World cup. So we have to beat Argentina.”

Team Captain Evelyn Akhator has called for focus from her teammates as she stated that despite losing their opening two games Argentina will be no pushovers.

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She said, “No game is easy if you underrate any team, you probably might be surprised. This is the game that we really need. We need to beat Argentina by a big margin.”

“I believe in the team so much, we trust each other and that’s key. If we keep trusting ourselves, we are going to go far.”

D’Tigress take on Argentina in their final group fixture of the on Tuesday, September 25 by 5:30 PM Nigerian time.