Invitation of players to the National team will be determined by visible commitment and ability to deliver, insisting that no more sentiments would be attached to players’ invitation to play for Nigeria.
By Uzor Odigbo
The Super Eagles of Nigeria arrive in Bissau for their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match day four encounter against the Djurtus of Guinea-Bissau.
Super Eagles had a light training session at the Moshood Abiola Stadium on Saturday.
Guinea-Bissau on Friday shocked Super Eagles with a 0-1 win on Match-day 3 of the African Nations Cup qualifier at the Moshood Abiola Stadium Abuja to leapfrog to the top of the group A table.
The Nigeria delegation to Monday’s match in Bissau departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 7am aboard a chartered flight on Sunday. The game comes up at the Estadio 24 de Setembro starting at 5 pm Guinea Bissau time (6 pm Nigeria time) on Monday.
Meanwhile, the Guinea Bissau team arrived in Bissau on Saturday morning and trained at the 24 de Setembro National Stadium ahead of the encounter.
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Guinea Bissau are topping the table with 7 points while Super Eagles are second with six points from three matches.
Meanwhile, President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Alhaji Shehu Gusau apologised to Nigerians over the Shoddy performance of the Super Eagles and U23 Eagles last week in Abuja.
He said, Henceforth, the invitation of players to the National team will be determined by visible commitment and ability to deliver, insisting that no more sentiments would be attached to players’ invitation to play for Nigeria.
