The Super Eagles yesterday landed in
the city of Philadelphia in the United States ahead of their tune-up match
against another World Cup-bound team, Greece.
The international friendly encounter scheduled for Tuesday will be the second in the series of matches arranged for the Stephen Keshi-tutored team by the Nigeria Football Federation to fine-tune its strategies for the world’s greatest showpiece billed to kick-off on June 12 in Brazil.
Only on Wednesday, the Eagles rallied to a 2-2 draw against the Tartan Army of Scotland in a pulsating friendly encounter at the Craven Cottage in London. In a carefully scripted World Cup plan by the Nigeria Football Federation, the Super Eagles left London on Thursday at exactly 12:40 via a British Airways plane and after seven hours of flight landed in Philadelphia at about 3:20pm local time, about 8:20 pm Nigerian time.
All the 30 players in Keshi’s provisional list for the World Cup are on the trip as the battle for final 23-man squad to Brazil hits fever pitch. The players have been very businesslike in their mood, trying to impress the coach in the 11th hour. Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, who is expected to name the final 23-man squad in the next 48 hours seems to offered a level-playing field to by scheduling training twice a day, for all the players to prove themselves.
The first of the training sessions took place by 8am yesterday in Philadelphia, while the team had its second training at 4:30pm same day. The training schedule would be sustained until the 23-man final squad for the Mundial in Brazil is named. The team is putting up at the Westin Hotel and Resort in the centre of Philadelphia, an exotic hotel described as serene and a delight by team psychologist, Dr Robinson Okosun.
Meanwhile, German based defender, Leon Aderemi Balogun says he has been following the progress of the team in London and wishes the team the best during the Brazil 2014. Balogun, who puts his fitness level at about 70 per cent, said with the calibre of players he has interacted with in the team, the Eagles would go far in Brazil, with luck on their side. “We’ve got great and classy players that can match any country in the World Cup, we just pray that we should be lucky when the competition starts” he said.
The international friendly encounter scheduled for Tuesday will be the second in the series of matches arranged for the Stephen Keshi-tutored team by the Nigeria Football Federation to fine-tune its strategies for the world’s greatest showpiece billed to kick-off on June 12 in Brazil.
Only on Wednesday, the Eagles rallied to a 2-2 draw against the Tartan Army of Scotland in a pulsating friendly encounter at the Craven Cottage in London. In a carefully scripted World Cup plan by the Nigeria Football Federation, the Super Eagles left London on Thursday at exactly 12:40 via a British Airways plane and after seven hours of flight landed in Philadelphia at about 3:20pm local time, about 8:20 pm Nigerian time.
All the 30 players in Keshi’s provisional list for the World Cup are on the trip as the battle for final 23-man squad to Brazil hits fever pitch. The players have been very businesslike in their mood, trying to impress the coach in the 11th hour. Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, who is expected to name the final 23-man squad in the next 48 hours seems to offered a level-playing field to by scheduling training twice a day, for all the players to prove themselves.
The first of the training sessions took place by 8am yesterday in Philadelphia, while the team had its second training at 4:30pm same day. The training schedule would be sustained until the 23-man final squad for the Mundial in Brazil is named. The team is putting up at the Westin Hotel and Resort in the centre of Philadelphia, an exotic hotel described as serene and a delight by team psychologist, Dr Robinson Okosun.
Meanwhile, German based defender, Leon Aderemi Balogun says he has been following the progress of the team in London and wishes the team the best during the Brazil 2014. Balogun, who puts his fitness level at about 70 per cent, said with the calibre of players he has interacted with in the team, the Eagles would go far in Brazil, with luck on their side. “We’ve got great and classy players that can match any country in the World Cup, we just pray that we should be lucky when the competition starts” he said.
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