Eagles Get March 26 Date With Bolivia In Uyo

THE Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Friday announced that it has secured a friendly match agreement with its Bolivian counterpart. The game, according to the federation, will hold in Uyo on March 26.

  In a release yesterday, the NFF said its FIFA Match Agent, Jairo Pachon, brokered the deal, adding, “we have had to work at a pace to seal agreement for this match, after the Brazilian Football Federation opted out at the last hour.

   “However, we believe that the Bolivia team will give the Super Eagles a good match, as we continue to work on a second match for the Eagles for March 29.”

  The game at the Akwa Ibom Stadium, rated as one of the most magnificent sporting infrastructure on the African continent, will be the first for the Super Eagles A this year as they countenance the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers later in the year.

   Quoting NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, the release said: “The NFF is committed to ensuring that the Super Eagles are occupied on every FIFA window, with quality games.” 

  It added that the federation is “working assiduously to get the Eagles to play a top –ranked African team away on March 29, as a result of the Presidential elections taking place on March 28.