President of Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju
Melvin Pinnick, has dismissed a report in a section of the media that the much
–anticipated international friendly match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Selecao
of Brazil scheduled for March 29, 2015 had been cancelled.
“It is not true that the match had been cancelled.
There is nothing like that. What people are probably not clear about is the fact
that Brazil will play France around the same period.
“Brazil will play France on March 26, while they
will fly to Nigeria to play the Super
Eagles at the Akwa Ibom International
Stadium on March 29. The two games and dates are quite different,” Pinnick
clarified on Thursday.
He stated further: “We are working hard at ensuring
that we utilize all the FIFA –free days for international friendlies next year.
There are about 10 of those dates and we will get opponents for the Super Eagles for each and everyone of
them.
“We have firmly put behind us the Eagles’ failure to qualify for the 2015
Africa Cup of Nations. Our focus now is on building a much stronger team
through giving opportunities to foreign –based players who had either been on
the fringes or previously shut out, and also taking good look at those players
on the domestic scene who have shown some promise.”
Brazil, five –time champions of the world, played
the Super Eagles in Nigeria
previously, winning 3-0 in June 2003 in a friendly organized as part of activities
to test –run the National Stadium, Abuja
ahead of the 8th All-Africa Games that Nigeria hosted four months
later.
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