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Uchendu: Why Nigeria couldn't excel at Women's World Cup

Chinaza Uchendu believes Nigeria's below-par performance at the 2019 Women's World Cup is due to a lack of team cohesion.

In the build-up to the showpiece event last year, Nigeria played 14 warm-up games between January to June, including the Chinese Invitational, Cyprus Women's Cup, Wafu Women's Cup and Canada.

After claiming a ninth African title in 2018, the Super Falcons progressed to the knockout stage for the second time in history on their eighth appearance at the 2019 Women's World Cup in France.

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Despite reaching the Round of 16 last year, the West African giants bowed out of the competition after a 3-0 thrashing against Germany.