Super Eagles to set up camp in Germany for June's World Cup qualifiers and Confederations Cup
Apr 16, 2013 10:27:00 AM
The national team will set up base in Germany to prepare for matches against Mexico, Kenya and Namibia
The national team
coordinators have chosen the Adidas Camp in Germany as the base for the Super Eaglesfor
their glut of matches in May and June. The coach has invited 30 players
for these assignments and the camp will be open as from May 16, when
all foreign based players are expected to report.
The Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation, Musa Amadu
said; “Germany is a central place for all the players to gather. We will
then prosecute all our programmes from there,” Amadu told Brila FM.The Eagles will start off that programme with a friendly against the Mexican national team on May 31 in Florida then proceed to play Kenya in Nairobi in a 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifier on June 5 and then travel to Windhoek to play Namibia on June 12.
The team will then proceed to Brazil to attend the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup that will kick off on June 17. The Super Eagles have been paired with Tahiti, Uruguay and Spain. Their first match is against Tahiti.
It is still to be seen whether coach Stephen Keshi will call up new players to beef up the 30-man list. ------------goal.com
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