Again, Waldrum ‘ll be absent as Super Falcons, Lucy battle for ticket

Super Falcons’ Coach, Randy Waldrum

Ethiopians To Arrive In Abuja Today  
Super Falcons Head Coach, Randy Waldrum, will not be in charge of the women’s national team when they meet Ethiopia’s Lucy in the decisive leg of their Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifier in Abuja this week.

Waldrum was absent when both teams drew 1-1 in Addis Ababa last week due to some personal issues.

There have been speculations that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) was not disposed to extending the American’s contract following the face off it had with the Pittsburgh Panthers head coach before and during the Australia 2023 Women World Cup.

Nigeria’s impressive performance at the competition seemed to have cooled talks of the federation sacking the coach, with sources at the football house hinting that the NFF was willing to hand the coach a one-year contract extension.

The NFF was silent on the issue when The Guardian sought clarification on the coach’s situation.

NFF Director (Media), Ademola Olajire, told The Guardian that he never told anyone that Waldrum would be available for the second leg of the encounter with Ethiopia, thus dismissing reports early in the week that the American would lead Falcons to the return leg of the qualifier.

He said that the Ethiopian contingent and players would arrive in Abuja today for the game scheduled to hold at the MKO Abiola Stadium on Tuesday.

NFF Technical Director, Augustine Eguavoen, had earlier told The Guardian that the federation would resolve whatever issues it had with Waldrum when the manager shows up in the country.

Eguavoen also dismissed speculations that the Falcons coach may have been sacked, saying that the NFF was impressed with the Super Falcons performance at the World Cup.

“When Waldrum