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Cote d’Ivoire 2023: Super Eagles Land In Monrovia To Hunt For Three Crucial Points
Nigeria’s delegation, to Sunday’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying duel with Sierra Leone, Tremendous Eagles arrived within the Liberian capital, Monrovia on Saturday morning, aboard a chartered Air Peace airline Embraer 195.
The plane conveying the contingent of 23 gamers, technical and administrative workers and some different officers led by President of NFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, landed on the Roberts Worldwide Airport at 11.08am native time (12.08pm in Nigeria), and was acquired by the Ambassador of Nigeria to Liberia, His Excellency Godfrey A. E. Odudigbo, the Head of Chancery, Ms Stella Ahumibe and some different mission workers.
There have been additionally members of the Nigerian group in Monrovia, led by Deacon Harrison Anikwu in addition to officers of the Liberia Soccer Affiliation.
President of NFF, Alhaji Gusau assured the embassy chieftains that the Tremendous Eagles are on the town for enterprise.
“The group is right here to work onerous and take the three factors. It is not going to be a simple recreation, however we now have the gamers to do Nigeria proud by profitable and qualifying for the following Africa Cup of Nations finals.”
Head Coach José Santos Peseiro reiterated that neither himself nor the gamers are trying ahead to a picnic on the Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium ranging from 4pm Liberia time on Sunday.
“We all know the Sierra Leoneans are additionally formidable, that they need to win the three factors and improve their probabilities. It’s our enterprise to indicate that we wish the three factors higher to qualify for the Africa Cup, and we’re ready to do this.
“We now have to be at our best possible.”
Presently, Nigeria is second within the pool with 9 factors from 4 matches, a degree behind Guinea Bissau, who’ve performed 5 matches and reached the highest following their defeat of Sao Tome on Wednesday.
Victory for the Eagles on Sunday will carry them again to the highest of the pile and assure presence on the 34th Africa Cup of Nations to be staged in Cote d’Ivoire subsequent yr.
Nigeria defeated Sierra Leone house and away (1-0 and 4-0) within the qualifying sequence for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa, after which defeated the Leone Stars 2-1 in a pleasant match in Lagos in February 2011. In a WAFU Cup encounter in September 2017, the Eagles had been 2-0 winners.
Each groups clashed twice within the qualifying sequence for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, with the Leone Stars coming from 1-4 down to attract 4-4 in Benin Metropolis, after which forcing a 0-0 attract Freetown.
On this marketing campaign, the Eagles got here from behind to defeat the Leone Stars 2-1 on the MKO Abiola Stadium in June 2022, on the opening day of the sequence.
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