Nigeria To Face World Cup Bound Team In London On March 27
Published: December 29, 2017
Nigeria Football Federation President Amaju Pinnick has claimed that the Super Eagles will face a country that has qualified for the 2018 World Cup in a friendly in London on March 27, 2018.
The NFF boss has also disclosed that the national team will trade tackles with at least four countries in friendlies as part of their preparations for the mundial and has explained why a fifth warm-up match scheduled to take place on June 6 might not hold.
''We have lined up A graded friendlies. We have the first one on the 23rd of March which is a World Cup qualifying team. The next game is on the 27th which will be played in a London with a team that qualified for the World Cup. I have all the letters here with me,'' Pinnick told Channels TV.
''We are hoping to play in Nigeria. even though the country is confirmed we have made some request to the Ministry in making sure the Abuja Stadium is ready because the Super Eagles are itching to play in Abuja.
''They want to tell Nigerians thank you for supporting them. We have spoken to one of the African countries that qualified. That one is the 28th of May.
''On the 2nd of June, we are playing outside the country, on the sixth of June, ten days to our World Cup opener. People in our Strategic Study Group said it is too close to the World Cup, so that one is still hanging. ''
Though Pinnick did not disclose the identities of Nigeria's opponents, it is understood that the Nigerian Federation are in talks with Poland, Egypt and England as regards to friendly matches.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
The NFF boss has also disclosed that the national team will trade tackles with at least four countries in friendlies as part of their preparations for the mundial and has explained why a fifth warm-up match scheduled to take place on June 6 might not hold.
''We have lined up A graded friendlies. We have the first one on the 23rd of March which is a World Cup qualifying team. The next game is on the 27th which will be played in a London with a team that qualified for the World Cup. I have all the letters here with me,'' Pinnick told Channels TV.
''We are hoping to play in Nigeria. even though the country is confirmed we have made some request to the Ministry in making sure the Abuja Stadium is ready because the Super Eagles are itching to play in Abuja.
''They want to tell Nigerians thank you for supporting them. We have spoken to one of the African countries that qualified. That one is the 28th of May.
''On the 2nd of June, we are playing outside the country, on the sixth of June, ten days to our World Cup opener. People in our Strategic Study Group said it is too close to the World Cup, so that one is still hanging. ''
Though Pinnick did not disclose the identities of Nigeria's opponents, it is understood that the Nigerian Federation are in talks with Poland, Egypt and England as regards to friendly matches.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
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