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Nigeria Super Falcons Coach Randy Waldrum has revealed he is not celebrating news of Injury to Australia players ahead of Thursdays 2023 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup group B clash in Brisbane.<\/p>\n
Tournament co-hosts Australia will be without skipper Sam Kerr and two other players for the game against Nigeria on Thursday July 27 but that news is not pleasing to Waldrum.<\/p>\n
\u201d Well, we never like to see players injured, and I know how devastating that is, missing matches in the World Cup,\u201d\u00a0Waldrum said, as quoted by\u00a0Mail Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I don\u2019t think it really changes our tactics and what we\u2019re trying to do \u2013 they [Australia] obviously still have a lot of weapons that can hurt you.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked his knowledge of the opposition, the Nigeria Coach revealed he knows so much about the Australian players from his days coaching in the NWSL.<\/p>\n \u201cI know a lot of their players really well from playing back in the NWSL when I was coaching in the pro league, and I know the quality of those players, so we can\u2019t go into the match thinking we\u2019re at some advantage for that reason.\u201d Waldrum added.<\/p>\n Without Sam Kerr, Australia still managed to defeat Republic of Ireland 1-0 in their opening group game, stand-in skipper Steph Catley stepped up to score the winner from the spot in Sydney.<\/p>\n Australia will reach the knock-out round with victory over Nigeria who battled to a goalless draw in their first game on July 21.<\/p>\n Unlike his Australian counterpart Tony Gustavsson, the Nigeria Super Falcons Coach , Randy Waldrum will only miss the services of young midfielder Deborah Abiodun following her red card vs Canada.<\/p>\n Nigeria will welcome back Halimatu Ayinde and Rasheedat Ajibade who both missed the game vs Canada.<\/p>\n See Australia vs Nigeria 2023 FIFA Women World Cup Match Preview for more information on the game.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n