Super Falcons Hero Peppe Nkwocha Returns To Sunnana For The Sake Of Faith Ikidi

Two of Nigeria&rsquo;s top female football players and good friends met on Sunday in a soccer game in Pite&aring; in Northern Sweden.<br />&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />Faith ikidi, 28 years old (her birthday is 28th February!), playing for Pite&aring; IF in<span class=""><span class=""> the </span></span>Damallsvenskan and Perpetua Nkwocha, 40 years old, who made a short comeback of her former club Sunnan&aring; just for this friendly match indoors.<br /><br />Faith and Perpetua have played many internationals matches together in the Super Falcons, including the World Cup in Germany 2011. <br />&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />The old teammates in the Super Falcons talked to each other before and after the friendly match. <br /><br />The match ended 6-0 to Pite&aring; against Sunnan&aring; who play in a lower division in the Swedish league system.<br />&nbsp; &nbsp;<br /><span class=""><span class="">&ldquo;</span></span>It was nice to meet Faith again. It is not so often now we see each other when I have stopped my playing career in the Swedish league and just work as a coach. <br /><br /><span class=""><span class="">&ldquo;</span></span>I admire Faith as a footballer. She is a really great defender, strong, fast with a good technique, Perpetua Nkwocha said&rdquo;.<br />&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />Faith ikidi had a fantastic season in 2015 in Pite&aring;. She was also chosen as the best defender of the Swedish football league Damallsvenskan,&nbsp; where also Ogonna Chukwudi (&ouml;rebro), Sarah Michael (&ouml;rebro) and Rita Chikwelu (Ume&aring; IK) are playing.<br /><br />All Nigerian players were very important in their teams last season. <br />&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />Nkwocha, Ikidi, Chukwudi, Michael and Chikwelu were all playing together in the World Cup in 2011.
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