FIFA Women's WC: Super Falcons are Condemned to beat Australia- Edwin Okon

After forcing the Sweden senior national women's team to a 3-3 draw on Monday night, Nigeria'a Super Falcons Coach, Edwin Okon, has declared that his team's second Group D game against Australia on Friday is a must-win.

The African Champions' coach hailed his side for coming back twice to salvage a point from the opening game against Sweden, but added that he would return to the board to correct the team's mistakes before the face Australia.

"We will go back to the drawing board to make sure we correct those mistakes of conceding own goals and not being able to defend set-pieces. We played a brand of football that was more of skill to entertain our fans.

"Our next match against Australia is a must-win and we are moving forward from there. Nothing is going to stop us," he said.

Nigeria's Ngozi Okobi won the Player of the Match award following her superb contribution to the success of the team and she has revealed that she was excited for the individual award.

Okobi disclosed that beating Sweden was the plan but that the team is happy to come away with a draw .

"I am excited about this game because this is my first World Cup goal and I thank God for giving me the chance and opportunity to do this.

"I was not surprised with our performance because we had planned to win the match against Sweden. The goals they scored were given to them by us, so I think we did well." NFF