Falcons Draw With Austria

Nigeria’s Super Falcons came from behind to draw 1-1 with Austria in the third of their warm-up games ahead of this month’s Fifa Women’s World Cup.

Josephine Chukwunonye’s second half goal earned Nigeria parity after the Austrians had taken the lead in the first period.

The game was the third for coach Uche Eucharia’s wards as they prepare for the World Cup.

They defeated Austrian first division team, Wacker Innsbruck 7-0 in their first friendly match on Sunday, May 29 and edged the Czech Republic National women’s team 1-0 on Wednesday, June 1.

The match was played at the Stadion Leogang, only five minutes’ drive from the Falcons’ Hotel Saliterhof abode in Saalfelden, Austria.

Eucharia is expected to name her final squad of 21 players