#jaiyeorie
In a September international friendly, Nigeria's Super Eagles take on Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal.
Muhammad Sanusi, the Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), made this disclosure.
Sanusi claims that the game will take place in September because the NFF wants to take advantage of the FIFA window since the 2023 AFCON qualifications have been postponed until March of the following year.
Sanusi added that Jose Peseiro, the coach of the Eagles, is involved in the planning of the friendly match with Portugal.
Speaking on Sports Radio Brila FM, Sanusi said: “We are all aware that qualifiers was fixed for September but because of the change of date of the AFCON qualifiers which has been moved to next year March, therefore the NFF has made it a duty to always use the FIFA window to play quality friendly matches with the aim of keeping the team in good shape.
“That’s why we use the contact and connection of our coach (Jose) Peseiro who is a Portuguese to arrange a quality friendly match with the Portuguese national team.”
Nigeria and Portugal have never clashed at senior level but both countries met three times at the U-20 World Cup with Portugal winning all three meetings (twice in 1989 and 2013).
Portugal will take on Eagles’ rivals Black Stars of Ghana in the group stage at this year’s World Cup in Qatar.
✍️✍️✍️ ✍️“feel free to disagree in the comments 👀 ☝️👆 & let JAIYEORIE know what U think!” 📎 COMMENTS 👈👉✍️🤳 DROP YOUR OPINIONS ✍️✍️✍️
No comments:
Post a Comment