After a week of uncertainty as to where the international friendly between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Palancas Negras of Angola will take place, the Nigeria Football Federation yesterday confirmed that the encounter will now hold at the National Stadium, Abuja tomorrow.
NFF General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu who revealed this said that the Angolan contingent is expected to land at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja aboard a chartered flight, at noon today. “We have concluded all arrangements to host the match in Abuja.
Everything is set. The Super Eagles have intensified their training programme and have promised to do the nation proud in the match”, said Amadu.
The game will be the third international friendly that new Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi will be in charge of. He guided the team to a 0-0 draw with Botswana’s Zebras in Benin City in November and a 2-0 defeat of Zambia’s Chipolopolo in Kaduna in the same month last year.
The Eagles camp is currently bubbling with 25 players.
Keshi’s team has played series of friendly matches with local clubs with the last being the defeat to Premier League side, Lobi Stars FC of Makurdi 3-1 at the mainbowl of the National Stadium, Abuja. Amadu said: “It is important that at this time, we should make concerted efforts to employ the acknowledged power of football to unite all Nigerians. The result of Wednesday’s match is not what is important; what is important is using this match to evoke patriotic fervour in our people, while the home boys will get opportunity to showcase their abilities with a view to being picked for the 2013 African Nations Cup qualifier against Rwanda next month”.