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Peter Rufai was honored by the Super Falcons during the Opening Party of Group B of the team in the Women’s Africa Cup 2024, on Sunday in Casablanca.
CAF gave permission to the hawks to tie the black bracelets in memory of Rufai, who spent a few days before their collection of curtains from the tournament.
An important figure in Nigerian football, Peter Rafai obtained 65 caps as a goalkeeper of first male option NT between 1983 and 1998, winning the AFCon of 1994 and classifying the country for its first appearance in the World Cup.
In addition to the bracelets, the teams also maintained a minute of silence before starting at Stade Larbi Zaouli before a very modest crowd.
Timely, it was the Poty Women’s record, Asisat Oshoala (4 ‘) who took Nigeria at the time of the day, and showed an inscription to honor Rufai after his first goal against Tunisia.
He was the first of the three goals of the Super Falcons of Justin Madugu, with Rinsola Babajide (45+1 ‘) and Chiwendu Ihezuo (84’) also found the background of the network to lose a 3-0 routine victory against the North Africa.
That victory promoted Nigeria at the top of group B in a difference in superior gold after Algeria’s 1-0 victory against Botswana in the other group game.
