The President of the Nigeria Football Federation and CAF Executive Committee member, Amaju Pinnick, is unhappy with the cancellation of the Super Eagles friendly against the Etalons of Burkina Faso.
The match was earlier billed for Monday in London, but the inability of the Burkinababes to secure entry visas into the United Kingdom caused the cancellation.
Pinnick however opined that the objectives of satisfying the technical team’s desire of squaring up against tough, physical African opposition and fostering team bonding and organization were achieved.
He said: “The Technical Adviser (Gernot Rohr) wanted to play very physical African teams, as part of the preparations for the World Cup qualifying matches against Cameroon, and we duly fulfilled that with the arrangements we made for Senegal and Burkina Faso.
“Unfortunately, some of the Burkinabe players could not secure entry visas into the UK. It is nobody’s fault. Our joy is that we were able to play Senegal and got a fair result with a depleted squad, and also the objectives of team bonding, team building, team discipline and further imparting the Technical Adviser’s philosophy to the group have been well served.
“The Technical Adviser has also been able to look at a few more options, and our strength-in-depth is looking very good.”
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