{"id":110826,"date":"2023-07-31T14:28:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T13:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/?p=110826"},"modified":"2023-07-31T14:28:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T13:28:13","slug":"ireland-super-falcons-pictures-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/ireland-super-falcons-pictures-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Pictures from Ireland vs Super Falcons in Women&#8217;s World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nigeria have booked their ticket to the round of 16 in the ongoing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/womens-world-cup-fixtures-results\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2023 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> after playing out to a draw in the Republic of Ireland vs Super Falcons fixture on Monday morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Super Falcons played a thoroughly entertaining clash with their Irish counterparts, who were already knocked out and playing for glory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nigeria qualified in second place behind hosts Australia, who thrashed Canada 3-0 in the other fixture of the group which was played at the same time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some nice moments were captured from the game as the Falcons scaled through to the round of 16 for the third time since their tournament debut.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NGSuper_Falcons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NGSuper_Falcons<\/a> \u27a1\ufe0f Knockouts! \ud83c\udf1f<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria make it through to the 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIFAWWC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FIFAWWC<\/a> round of 16! \ud83e\udd29 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4tj2y8ccq9\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/4tj2y8ccq9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CAF Women\u2019s Football (@CAFwomen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAFwomen\/status\/1685984316709326848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Republic of Ireland 0 \u2013 0 Nigeria: The match as it happened<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nigerian fans at the Brisbane arena were looking forward to another dominant Super Falcons performance after their showing against hosts Australia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Super Falcons came out guns blazing from the start this time around as the Republic of Ireland had shown that they were able to compete with the best of the best in their previous group games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Uchenna Kanu, sorcerer of Nigeria\u2019s first goal against Australia started alongside star striker Asisat Oshoala and Rasheedat Ajibade while Halimatu Ayinde kept her place in midfield beside Christy Ucheibe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The match was a tough one with both sides exchanging attacks and coming close to opening the scoring on a number of occasions. In the end, it was the Super Falcons who would prevail despite a goalless draw.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ireland were given a standing ovation for an excellent debut while the Super Falcons fans were rambunctious at the end of the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Canada ranked 7th<br \/>Australia ranked 10th<br \/>Ireland ranked 22nd<br \/>.<br \/>.<br \/>Nigeria ranked 40th<\/p>\n<p>The Super Falcons managed to qualify from this group, UNBEATEN! \ud83e\udd85 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IbsETEaWLE\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/IbsETEaWLE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Soar Super Eagles (@SSE_NGA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SSE_NGA\/status\/1686000736604233728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Moments from Republic of Ireland vs Nigeria at the FIFA WWC AUS\/NZ<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many interesting moments were captured by the photographers on duty at the Group B curtain closer between the Republic of Ireland and Nigeria. See some of them below.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111168\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-111168 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588138-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588138-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588138-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588138-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588138-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588138-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588138-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588138-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588138-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588138-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588138-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588138-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588138-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588138-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Halimatu Ayinde and Captain Onome Ebi embrace after securing their round of 16 qualification. Credit &#8211; Icon Sport.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111170\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111170\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-111170\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588178-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588178-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588178-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588178-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588178-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588178-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588178-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588178-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588178-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588178-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588178-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588178-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588178-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588178-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oluwatosin Demehin embraces Francisca Ordega after securing their round of 16 qualification. Credit &#8211; Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111171\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-111171\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588119-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588119-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588119-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588119-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588119-1-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588119-1-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588119-1-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588119-1-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588119-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588119-1-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588119-1-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588119-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588119-1-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47588119-1-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oluwatosin Demehin celebrates after Nigeria books their round of 16 ticket. Credit &#8211; Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111173\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-111173\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47587974-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47587974-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47587974-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47587974-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47587974-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47587974-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47587974-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47587974-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47587974-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47587974-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47587974-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47587974-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47587974-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47587974-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toni Payne in action against Ireland. Credit &#8211; Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111172\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-111172\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47586862-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47586862-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47586862-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47586862-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47586862-1-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47586862-1-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47586862-1-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47586862-1-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47586862-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47586862-1-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47586862-1-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47586862-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47586862-1-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_47586862-1-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashleigh Plumptre in action against Ireland. Credit &#8211; Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stay tuned to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Goalball Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for excellent coverage on the African teams at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria have booked their ticket to the round of 16 in the ongoing 2023 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup after playing out to a draw in the Republic of Ireland vs Super Falcons fixture on Monday morning.\u00a0 The Super Falcons played a thoroughly entertaining clash with their Irish counterparts, who were already knocked out and playing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":977,"featured_media":110828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no"},"categories":[33143],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Daniel Kolade","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110826"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111176,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110826\/revisions\/111176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110826"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=110826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}