Super Eagles to Battle with Dessert Foxes this month

The Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF) has confirmed that the Tremendous Eagles will play Algeria in an exhibition match on September 27.

The federation introduced the pleasant sport in a submit on the group’s Twitter web page on Monday.

The match will happen in Oran, Algeria, with the precise stadium and the kick-off time but to be introduced.

The final time each nations met was in October 2020 at Worthersee Stadium in Klangefurt, Austria, the place the Tremendous Eagles have been defeated by a lone purpose scored by Ramy Bensebaini.

Each Nigeria and Algeria gained’t be on the 2022 World Cup after being denied qualification by Ghana and Cameroon respectively.

The match is billed to be a preparation for the upcoming African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.

The Eagles are scheduled to face Guinea-Bissau in a double-header conflict between March 20 and 28, 2023.

The qualifiers have been initially dated for September 2022 earlier than CAF introduced a revision of its calendar to “make room for the African nations which have certified for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in November/December 2022 to arrange adequately.”

The AFCON billed to carry in Ivory Coast has additionally been moved to January and February 2024.

-TheCable