Fresh from a two-match friendly duel with the Green Ladies of Algeria in Nigeria.
The Super Falcons lashed the Green Ladies 2-0 and 4-1 in games played in Ikenne-Remo and Lagos respectively, with a good number of home-based professionals showing great promise in the squad coached by Justine Madugu.
Their next encounter with the Les Bleues will take place at the Stade Raymond Kopa in the city of Angers, with kick-off set for 9.30pm France time.
While the Super Falcons is preparing for the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco next year, France is beefing up preparation for the UEFA Women’s Euros taking place in Switzerland in 2025.
While the Bleues are happy to take the game as part of their preparations for the League of Nations in the spring and the 2025 UEFA Euro Women Championship in Switzerland in the summer.
The Falcons will welcome the encounter as part of the process for blooding a new squad, as well as another test ahead of the 2025 Women Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco next summer.
The draws for the next UEFA Women’s Nations League are also around the corner for Le Bleues.
Nigeria and France have met three times at senior women’s national team level including twice at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
France edged Nigeria 1-0 in the group stage of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup when both sides first met.
In 2018, the European side recorded their biggest win over the Super Falcons with an 8-0 victory in an international friendly match.
In the last meeting at the 2018 FIFA Women’s World Cup group stage, Wendie Renard’s penalty separated both sides in France.
It is only the seventh time in their history that the Les Bleues will play in the city of Angers.
