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Paris Olympics: Super Falcons Group Opponent Japan To Face Ghana In Friendly

Nigeria’s Super Falcons group opponent at the Paris Olympic games, Japan, will take on Black Queens or Ghana in a friendly game.

The game is billed for Saturday, July 13, in Kanazawa, Japan.

The friendly is part of Japan’s preparation for the upcoming summer games.

Aside the Falcons, Japan will also take on World Cup champions Spain and Brazil.

Their group game against the Falcons will hold on Wednesday, July 31 in
Nantes.

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This will be the second time both countries will square off at the Olympic games.

In their first encounter in the group stage at the Athens 2004 Olympics games, a Vera Okolo strike secured a 1-0 win for the nine-time African champions.

However, the last three meetings between Japan and the Falcons have all been in friendly games which all ended same scoreline, 2-0, in favour of the Asian team.

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