
Having failed to qualify for this year’s Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Equatorial Guinea, the Super Eagles will have no dull moment beginning this month with two international friendlies against Ivory Coast and Sudan.
Apart from the two AFCON warm-ups billed for Dubai, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have revealed plans that the Super Eagles will be playing six international friendly matches in 2015.
Nigeria will be hoping to maximise the FIFA free windows in 2015 to engage the national team as the task of rebuilding commences.
File: Nigeria’s forward Peter Odemwingie (3rd-R) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the Group F football match between Nigeria and Bosnia-Hercegovina at the Pantanal Arena in Cuiaba during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 21, 2014. AFP PHOTO /
The games include the much-advertised Brazil friendly in Uyo billed for March, there are other five matches which will also be staged in the country but have not decided whom the opponents would be.
The NFF leadership has promised to make use of all the FIFA windows, which are June 8-16, August 31 to September 8, October 5-13 and November 9-17 for those FIFA friendly games in 2015.
These matches against Cote d’Ivoire and Sudan in Abu Dhabi early this month will be played by players from the domestic league.
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