Nigeria propose Sierra Leone warm-up
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Nigeria have proposed a warm-up
game in Sierra Leone days to their 2013 AFCON clash in Liberia next month, top officials
disclosed.
MTNFootball.com specially gathered that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) are currently locked in talks with their Sierra Leonean counterparts for a friendly on September 5, three days to their Nations Cup first leg clash against Liberia in Monrovia.
“The discussion is on for the Super Eagles to play a test game in Freetown on their way to Liberia. The date proposed is September 5. The team will then fly out to Liberia for their Nations Cup qualifier against Liberia three days later,” a top official of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) disclosed.
“(Coach) Keshi is expected to use his main team for this game in Sierra Leone.”
The official added: “Everything is being done to ensure we win this game in Monrovia so that the second leg in Calabar will be a mere formality.”
In October, Nigeria sensationally failed to reach the 2012 Nations Cup after they were held to a 2-2 draw by Guinea in Abuja. It was the first time they will fail to qualify since 1986.
Last week, the Eagles made up of players only from the Nigeria Premier League held their Niger counterparts to a goalless draw in Niamey in a friendly preparatory to the Liberia clash.
Nigeria and Sierra Leone last clashed in February 2011 with Eagles winning 2-1 in a competitive friendly played in Lagos.
It was Samson Siasia’s first game in charge of the national team.
MTNFootball.com specially gathered that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) are currently locked in talks with their Sierra Leonean counterparts for a friendly on September 5, three days to their Nations Cup first leg clash against Liberia in Monrovia.
“The discussion is on for the Super Eagles to play a test game in Freetown on their way to Liberia. The date proposed is September 5. The team will then fly out to Liberia for their Nations Cup qualifier against Liberia three days later,” a top official of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) disclosed.
“(Coach) Keshi is expected to use his main team for this game in Sierra Leone.”
The official added: “Everything is being done to ensure we win this game in Monrovia so that the second leg in Calabar will be a mere formality.”
In October, Nigeria sensationally failed to reach the 2012 Nations Cup after they were held to a 2-2 draw by Guinea in Abuja. It was the first time they will fail to qualify since 1986.
Last week, the Eagles made up of players only from the Nigeria Premier League held their Niger counterparts to a goalless draw in Niamey in a friendly preparatory to the Liberia clash.
Nigeria and Sierra Leone last clashed in February 2011 with Eagles winning 2-1 in a competitive friendly played in Lagos.
It was Samson Siasia’s first game in charge of the national team.
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