champions Brazil and the Super Eagles of Nigeria will no longer hold
as scheduled.
As publicized by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, and indeed the
Akwa Ibom State government, the Super Eagles were penciled to face the
Samba Boys on March 29 at the newly built Akwa Ibom International
Stadium named the 'Nest of Champions'.
Brazil Global Tour on Friday confirmed that Brazil will meet Chile in
a friendly on March 29, 2015 at Emirates Stadium, London instead of
the Super Eagles.
The Brazil-Chile game will be a rematch of the World Cup second round
clash between the two in June of last year in which the Brazilians
emerged tops after prevailing in the penalty shootout in Belo
Horizonte.
Before the March 29 clash with Chile, Coach Dunga's side will play
against France in Paris on March 26 and the NFF President, Amaju
Pinnick, had before claimed the Brazilians will fly to Nigeria
afterwards.
"It is not true that the match has 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," NFF president Pinnick
stated late last year when eyebrows were first raised about the
friendly.
He continued: "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,"
It is yet to be seen if the NFF will find an alternative having stated
that they will want to make the most of every FIFA window to play
friendly games that would help improve the Super Eagles as well as
raise their rating.
--premiumtimesng
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