Leicester City and Super Falcon star, Ashleigh Plumptre, speaks about the Super Falcons’ readiness for the 2023 Revelation Cup in Mexico.
“We prepare for every game knowing we are trying to win, and we will compete to the best of our ability to make sure we get the results,” Plumptre said in a short video interview published on the Super Falcons Twitter handle.
The four-nation tournament “Revelation Cup” will kick off on Wednesday, 15 February, with Costa Rica taking on Colombia in the opener. Plumptre is confident of the Falcons putting up a good show in the tournament.
The Revelation Cup invitation tournament will serve as preparation for the Falcons team, who will feature at this year’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Nigeria’s Falcons are in the same group as Canada, hosts Australia and the debutant, the Republic of Ireland.
Plumptre is part of a 23-woman squad who will play their first game against the hosts, Mexico on 15 February. Below is a full list of the squad:
Defence
Onome Ebi (Levante Las Planas, Spain); Osinachi Ohale (Deportivo Alaves, Spain); Ashleigh Plumptre (Leicester City, England); Glory Ogbonna (ALG Spor, Turkey); Rofiat Imuran (Stade de Reims, France); Michelle Alozie (Houston Dash, USA); Oluwatosin Demehin (Stade de Reims, France); Akudo Ogbonna (Rivers Angels, Nigeria)
Midfield
Halimatu Ayinde (FC Rosengard, Sweden); Christy Ucheibe (SL Benfica, Portugal); Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene (Eskilstuna United, Sweden); Rasheedat Ajibade (Atletico Madrid, Spain); Toni Payne (Sevilla FC, Spain); Jennifer Echegini (Florida State University, USA); Regina Otu (AS Saint-Etienne, France)
Attack
Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona, Spain); Esther Okoronkwo (AS Saint-Etienne, France); Ifeoma Onumonu (NY/NJ Gotham FC, USA); Chinwendu Ihezuo (Rayadas Monterrey, Mexico); Francisca Ordega (CSKA Moscow, Russia); Uchenna Kanu (Tigres Femenil, Mexico)
