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What an eventful day yesterday turned out to be, with Nigeria fighting to the end to secure a well deserved draw against Sweden and Cameroon crowing a

historic debut at the FIFA Women's World Cup with a historic win as the highest scoring African country.

Africa is really proud of these countries I should say, and congratulations to both nations. As the competition progresses the opposition gets stronger and

more will be asked from Nigeria and Cameroon. Well,and La Cote D'ivoire too.
Watching USA vs Australia gave me chills considering the high level of discipline,the tactical approach to the game by USA,the tenacity of Australia bet not

forgetting the abundance of talent at the disposal of both teams. The most important lesson Africa must learn is the discipline and character of these

countries.

African women's soccer has come a long way but the niggling problem of tactical discipline still lingers. There is abundance of talent in Africa no doubt !

but taking the game to the next level is the ability to understand and execute tactical play in all departments.


Nigeria has loads of technically gifted players, but where they have always lacked is in tactical and organizational discipline.Cameroon made history by

demolishing Ecuador much to the joy of the entire continent but there is a smoke screen here. They are not tactically sound. Gone are the days when talent

and athleticism was all that mattered- you know, the kick,run, shimmy and shoot kind of soccer. The game has evolved and there is the need for one to be a

student of the game in order to excel.