Super Falcons Coach Gets Traditional Title Over WAFCON Trophy

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Saturday, August 2nd, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The traditional ruler of the Bachama Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Dr. Daniel Shaga Ismaila (Hama Bachama), has bestowed a traditional title on Mr Justin Madugu, the super falcons coach over the 10th Women’s African cup of Nation cup victories.

The monarch heaped praises on the coach for making the kingdom and Nigeria proud.

While thanking the traditional ruler, the coach explained that he switched tactics after halftime which he said aided his team to overcome hosts Morocco.

Madugu stated this in an interview with The Punch on Friday during a civic reception held in his honour in Numan, Adamawa State as he stated that his original game plan did not work with the tactics of the Moroccans and this forced him to change to an alternative strategy.

Madugu said: “I used the first half of the game to study their tactics of play, so I discovered that my plan B is the solution left for me if I want to win the final match.

“After the first half, I made very important changes, especially in the midfield, because I know the strength of the Morocco team was in the midfield, so I brought a midfielder who is very fast tactically with the ball.

“If you watch the match, you can agree that the new midfielder changed the game with ball distribution, so Super Falcons captured the midfield and pushed the Moroccans to their territory, which paved the way for us to start scoring goals.”

Speaking on how he felt when the Falcons trailing by two goals in the first half, Madugu stated that it felt “like there was no blood in my body again, but I said for me to lose the match, Morocco must see fire on the pitch”.

He added: “Playing against a host country in the final is not an easy job; crowd support is very important in football, but I must commend Super Falcons players, they have a lion’s heart, the spirit they were playing with encouraged me not to lose hope even when the team was two goals down.”

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