Zambia’s Copper Queens head coach Nora Häuptle has warned Nigeria’s Super Falcons that her team will not play for a draw in Saturday’s WAFCON Group C clash.
“We never play for a draw, it’s not in our nature, we always chase for the lead in games. In the last edition we lost against Nigeria in the Quarterfinals, we learnt a lot in the game in our game against Egypt we were flexible so we can surprise Nigeria.
“We have grown as a team, this year we played in the FIFA series where we faced top 20 oppositions in the world to learn about high level games and the summary of those learnings makes us stronger and make us grow so I have a lot of confidence in my team.”
Häuptle, however, expect the Super Falcons to come all out especially after their shock 3-2 loss to Malawi.
“After losing their first game I believe they will come all out otherwise they will lose out of the tournament. We are aware of their strengths and are prepared for them, focus on ourselves, we have a clear plan how we want to approach them and we believe if we bring our plan and execute it we can challenge and beat Nigeria.”
