"I was overwhelmed when I was named the Most Valuable Player and I dedicate the award to my family."
"What we played against Cote d' Ivoire is just a tip of the iceberg as Super Falcons are capable of doing greater things in this championship. We always knew the Ivoireans who eliminated the 2012 champions Equatorial Guinea will be tough so we took them seriously
"In the next game we will see a different Falcons. We shall play better now that we have navigated our opening game successfully. Out target is to reclaim the title and we are here to give our best to achieve that," the Delta Queens star stated.
The two sides went into the break level at one-all through the goals from Ester Sunday (Nigeria) and Fatou Coulibaly.
It was later on 2-1 for Nigeria as Ivorian defender Mariam Diakite scored an own goal before Desire Oparanozie made it 3-1 on 74 minutes by slotting home a well-placed pass from the impressive Ngozi Okobi.
Ivory Coast got a goal back through Christine Lohoues to set up a thrilling finish at 3-2 but the clinical Oparanozie got her game’s second and become the championship top goal-scorer on two as she finished off a great move at the dearth.
Speaking after the match Nigeria's coach Edwin Okon said that CIV gave the Falcons a good game noting that they never played under pressure
He said that winning the cup is non negotiable and that the Super Falcons will continue to improve.
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