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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Canada women national team have confirmed they will play Nigeria twice in friendly matches in April.<\/p>\n

The games have been arranged to celebrate the North American ladies\u2019 triumph at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo last August.<\/p>\n

Canada, who are ranked sixth in the world, clinched their first-ever gold medal at the tournament, seeing off Sweden in a penalty shoot-out.<\/p>\n

Nigeria has now reached an agreement to join in the Canadians\u2019 celebratory tour.<\/p>\n

The first game will take place on April 8 in Vancouver, while the second match will be played three days later, on April 11, at the Starlight Stadium in Langford.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s head coach, Beverly Priestman, told CBC: \u201cI was over the moon to get Nigeria over the line.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t got a lot of experience against African nations, so for me, playing Nigeria, we haven\u2019t played them a lot, but we know they\u2019re an unbelievable team, and it\u2019ll be a great experience for us to keep pushing forward on our new journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

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