The Nigeria
Football Federation on Friday announced that the Senior National Team, Super
Eagles, would play a friendly game against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa on
March 29.
The match
which comes a little over four months after a 2-2 draw in Uyo between the two
teams which kept Nigeria out of the 30th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals
in Equatorial Guinea.
The Bafana
Bafana team, however, endured a tough AFCON tournament, failing to qualify from
the group stage although they did well during the qualifying series en-route to
the AFCON 2015.
NFF in a
statement said the friendly match would take place at the Mbombela Stadium in
Nelspruit.
It said that
the venue had hosted Nigeria’s first two matches at the 2013 Africa Cup of
Nations, recording two 1-1 draw against Burkina Faso and Zambia.
“Both teams
will use the platform to prepare for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers
and the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying series,’’ NFF said.
According to
Henry Nwosu, Nigeria’s ex-international, described the proposed friendly match
as “a good development’’, adding that Bafana Bafana are no push over in
football.
He said
that, Bafana Bafana had proved their capabilities prior to the 2015 edition of
the Africa Football Cup in Equatorial Guinea.
“It is a
great development; Bafana Bafana will give Super Eagles a good match because
they are a good side with quality players.
“However,
the question is under who Super Eagles will be playing in South Africa and
which players will be paraded on that day.
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