Fans in Awe As Alozie, Okoronkwo Score Brilliant Goals Against Shank, Blaqbonez, Other Male Players
- Super Falcons stars have sparked a conversation on social media after playing football with male celebrities
- US-based stars Michelle Alozie and Esther Okoronkwo linked up with celebrities Shank and Blaqbonez
- Their quality on the ball and the goals they scored have reignited the talks that professionals are superior
The Nigerian football community has been thrown into a debate about professionals versus casual footballers after two Super Falcons stars linked up with male celebrities.
Nigerians are still celebrating the Super Falcons for their triumph at the 2025 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, during which they won their 10th title.
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Attention has been on the contents coming out of the players’ camp as they continue celebrating their record-extending triumph in Morocco on July 27.
Alozie, Okoronkwo play against male celebrities
Super Falcons stars Michelle Alozie and Esther Okoronkwo linked up with Nigerian content creator Shank Comics and rapper Emeka Akumefule, known by his pseudonym Blaqbonez.
Alozie and Okoronkwo competed in five-aside matches on astro turf against the team of Shank, Blaqbonez and other male players, none of whom are professionals, on January 4, 2025.
The US-based professional footballers competed unfairly against their opponents, dominating the play quality on the ball and scoring brilliant goals.
The vast difference in their gameplay compared to the others reignited the conversation about pro footballers being vastly superior to casuals.
@Hakeem_Onitolo wrote:
“Another evidence that a professional footballer is miles ahead of an amateur.”
@Inno4chi wrote:
“There’s a difference between Environmental Sanitation footballers and Professional footballers.”
@LineKicker wrote:
“There's a world of difference between a professional sportsperson and an amateur/hobbyist. This video exemplifies that. It takes a lot to be this skilled, and this is gender-agnostic.”
@iam_ajigijaga wrote:
“See wetin professional female footballers dey do amateur men, but una go feel say una fit do wetin professional men dey do... 😂”
@uzochukwuwisdo2 wrote:
“Bruh the gap, margin, technical ability and depth in quality between a professional footballer (of any gender) and a civilian is absolutely ridiculous…”
A few others, like every other discussion, disagree, claiming that the guys went easy on them and referenced previous times that male academy players beat senior women's teams.
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@_localavenger wrote:
“Una funny oo🤣🤣. The only thing these ladies could have over me is fitness because I don't exercise daily. But that aside, I'll smoke 'em🤣🤣”
@emmyblaq54321 wrote:
“Na this guys una de call ballers? All those guys nobody good there. These girls go collect back to back, for the league I de play.”
According to CBS Sports, FC Dallas U15 boys defeated the United States Women's National Team 5-2 in a friendly game in 2017, while London Evening Standard reported that Newcastle Jets U15 boys beat Australia’s Matildas 7-0 in 2016.
Football analyst Daniel Akraka rubbished the belief some Twitter users have that men in their community football will defeat female professional footballers.
“Professional footballers are superior to non-professionals regardless of gender, and it is reaching for any man to think otherwise,” he told Legit.ng.
“The examples of youth players beating women's teams falls in the space of professionally trained football stats, not some random 15-year-old boys off the street.”
Okoronkwo teaches Alozie pidgin
Legit.ng reported that Okoronkwo taught Alozie pidgin English, and the video surfaced online of the teammates having a laugh while at it.
The AFC Toronto star was born in Abia State before moving to Texas, where she was raised, while Alozie was born and raised in California, USA.
Source: Legit.ng
