PARIS 2024: WALDRUM RUES PLUMPTRE, AYINDE’S ABSENCE FROM FALCONS SQUAD
Super Falcons head coach Randy Waldrum is sad the duo of Ashleigh Plumptre and Halimat Ayinde won’t be part of his team at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Plumptre is still recuperating from the injury she sustained, while in action for her Saudi club, Al Ittihad
Ayinde had to be replaced in the squad after picking up an injury in training.
Waldrum expressed disappointment with duo’s absence but stated he has suitable replacements for them.
“The good thing about having a national team is having experienced players and the young ones coming up to replace them when ready. Right now, we have a good blend of experienced players and young ones, and I think they are going to have a great future with the team,” Waldrum told NFF TV.
“When you lose Ashleigh Plumptre and Halimatu Ayinde, they are two world-class players tough for any team to lose, especially two of them.
“But then the thing we preach to our players all along is that somebody else has to step up and replace them, and I think we saw that with Chidinma Okeke coming in at left-back for Plumptre when she was out against Cameroon and South Africa.”
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“I think right now it’s a good thing we have some depth in midfield, players like Deborah Abiodun and Toni Payne. It’s still a solid midfield. We have other players; Echegini can play in there, and Ajibade can play in there. So, even though we lose some players, we have some depth in there. It certainly has to happen; I feel bad for them for not going to the Olympics.”
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