Super Eagles makes a U-turn, cancels US friendlies due to World Cup play-offs

By Enitan Abdultawab

The Super Eagles of Nigeria would nary longer spell up to play the friendlies against Venezuela and Colombia successful the US adjacent period arsenic planned; a root adjacent to the NFF revealed this to ESPN.

Just past month, NFF announced that the Super Eagles would play Colombia astatine Citi Field successful New York connected November 18 and Venezuela astatine Shell Energy Stadium successful Houston connected November 14.

However, fixed the Super Eagles’ precocious play-off qualification pursuing their 4-0 triumph against Benin Republic past week, the matches would nary longer clasp successful bid for the squad to absorption connected the play-off qualification matches. The play-offs would diagnostic Nigeria, alongside Cameroon, Congo DR and Gabon, successful a one-legged, two-semi-final game. The victor of these semis and eventual last goes connected to correspond Africa successful the intercontinental play-offs.

“We had a clause successful the declaration for the games covering this eventuality, if we qualified for the playoffs. So we volition not beryllium going up with the matches immoderate more,” an authoritative told ESPN.

“Our extremity is to ore connected the playoffs present and suffice from Africa and past absorption connected the intercontinental playoffs.”

The Super Eagles of Nigeria are ranked highest successful the play-offs and would play Gabon. The victor of the necktie plays against the victor of the necktie betwixt Cameroon and Congo DR.

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