The Super Falcons may be the most successful football team in Africa, but the players don’t get the credit they deserve and it’s high time they started looking inwards for that support according to  Falconets midfielder Gift Monday.

On Monday the team suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Belgium in the Cyprus international invitational tournament, in their final group game.

While this has been the most comprehensive preparation for any Falcons team before a tournament, the 8 goals conceded in three games has drawn criticisms, unwarranted in the opinion of the FC Robo midfielder.

In a chat with brila.net Gift stressed the need for the team to pull together, draw inspiration from within and block the distraction which the criticisms could cause.

The Super Falcons 4-1 defeat to Austria in their first game of the  Cyprus invitational won’t dampen the spirit of the team according to midfielder and Falcons hopeful Monday Gift.

The tourney which serves as a preparatory tourney ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in June should help Head Coach Thomas Dennerby sought out the teething areas of the team, Gift explained to brila.net.

“I don’t expect it to affect the players or coaches; they just need to look at areas the struggled and work on them.” Falcons were drawn in group a alongside hosts France, as well as South Korea and Norway.