players onfield. AFP photo
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will play friendly matches
against the Ivory Coast and Tunisia in Austria next
month.
In a tweet on Wednesday, President of the Nigeria Football
Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick said the Super Eagles would face the
Ivory Coast on October 9 and four days later take on Tunisia in
another tie.
…On the 9th of October, the Super Eagles
will play former African champions, Cote D’Ivoire in a friendly
game, then face another African giant and former champions Tunisia,
four days later, on the 13th.Both games will be held in Austria for a few obvious
reasons….— Amaju Melvin Pinnick (@PinnickAmaju) September 2, 2020
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Due to postponements caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Nigeria
last played in November 2019, a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
qualifying match against Lesotho in Maseru, which they won 4-2.
The Eagles are scheduled to also take on Sierra Leone in two
qualifying matches for the 2021 Cup of Nations in November.
The matches were to have been played in March, but were
rescheduled due to the virus.
Nigeria leads its qualifying group for the continental
tournament, which will now be played in 2022 in Cameroon, with six
points from two matches.
Benin, Lesotho, and Sierra Leone are the other teams in this
group with the top two teams advancing to the tournament
finals.
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