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March 9, 2019
Nigeria women’s coachThomas Dennerby says there were good lessons learned from his team’s campaignat the Cyprus Cup.
The African champions finished seventh out of 12 teams at theweek-long warm-up tournament ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
After an opening defeat to Austria 4-1, they edged Slovakia 4-3,lost to Belgium 1-0, and finished with a win over Thailand 3-0 in a play-offfor seventh place.
The Super Falcons, who finished third at the four-team China Cupin January, are set to play in their eighth consecutive World Cup this summer.
After mixed results in 2019, Dennerby, who is set to become thefirst foreign coach to both qualify for and lead Nigeria at the World Cup, isfocusing on the positives.