{"id":171457,"date":"2025-07-27T21:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T20:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/madugu-addresses-laser-pointers-in-wafcon-final"},"modified":"2025-07-27T22:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T21:26:07","slug":"madugu-addresses-laser-pointers-in-wafcon-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/madugu-addresses-laser-pointers-in-wafcon-final","title":{"rendered":"Madugu Addresses Laser Pointers in WAFCON Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Super Falcons coach, Justin Madugu has expressed sadness over the use of laser pointers by Moroccan fans on Nigerian players during the 2024 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON, final on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the WAFCON final ended 3-2 in favour of the Super Falcons against Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at his post-match press conference, Madugu criticized the disruptive behaviour of some fans, insisting that he was also targeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact the lasers were not applied on the players alone, even myself. They kept pointing those lasers at me,\u201d Madugu said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt did not have any effect on them. You could see even when the lasers were coming nobody bothered about it, we kept going and remained focused on the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if it is proper that this type of situation should continue. I don\u2019t think it is proper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Super Falcons coach, Justin Madugu has expressed sadness over the use of laser pointers by Moroccan fans on Nigerian players during the 2024 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON, final on Saturday. Recall that the WAFCON final ended 3-2 in favour of the Super Falcons against Morocco. 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