We are fully prepared for Canada clash – Falcons defender Ogbonna

<p>Super Falcons defender Glory Ogbonna, who will be appearing at her first Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, tells ‘TANA AIYEJINA about the positive vibe in their Brisbane camp and the zeal to make their compatriots back home proud when they play Canada in their opening clash Friday</p>, <p>How are you looking ahead to your first World Cup?</p>, <p>We are already in Australia for the World Cup. I feel great, I’m very excited playing football at the highest level, the senior World Cup. Having represented Nigeria at youth level twice at the U-20 Women’s World Cup, it’s been my wish to be at the senior World Cup and I’m so grateful that my wish has been granted. So, I’m very grateful to God for making this happen.</p>, <p>How prepared are the Falcons for their first game?</p>, <p>Talking about our first game against Canada, we are ready, very very ready, of course. We’ve been preparing, training hard for this first game.</p>, <p>You are playing Canada, the Olympic champions, and critics say the Falcons are underdogs. Do you agree?</p>, <p>Of course we know Canada are the Olympic champions but I tell you, ‘we are also a good side.’ If you talk about individual players, we have them. And combining these players into a team, that makes us unique. So, we have all it takes and are fully ready; collectively, individually, we are fully ready for the first game.</p>, <p>This is the first time you are feeling the World Cup vibe? How is the feeling like?</p>, <p>The vibe here in our camp in Brisbane is very positive, everybody here is positive of a good result. We are not jittery, we are all set. We’ve been training, we’ve been working hard, so we are just waiting for that day to come, and we can’t even wait anymore. Come Friday, we are going all out to give our best and make our country proud.</p>, <p>What’s the difference between this senior World Cup and the U-20 World Cup?</p>, <p>From the name alone, you can differentiate between the U-20 Women’s World Cup and the Women’s World Cup. You have the youth leve