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'We're Super Falcons, not South Africa' - Evelyn Nwabuoku backs Nigeria to shock Norway

Nigeria defender Evelyn Nwabuoku has backed her side to upset Norway in their 2019 Women's World Cup opener on Saturday.

Three successive defeats in all previous meetings with the Grasshoppers have seen Thomas Dennerby's side being tipped to crash again.

A 7-2 thrashing ofSouth Africa in a friendly last week has piled more pressure on the Africans in the buildup to the showdown at Stade Auguste-Delaune.

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But the Rivers Angels star says her side have what it takes to claim a win, insisting that the pressure is obviously on the 1995 winners and not them.