Nigeria’s national team, the Super Eagles, arrived Cuiaba, in central Brazil, venue of its next group encounter against Bosnia Herzegovina, on Thursday afternoon.
The game is scheduled for Saturday evening in the city.
The team, which left the Campinas Airport at about 12:15pm local time, arrived Cuiaba at exactly 1:10pm after a one hour and 45 minutes flight.
Cuiaba operates a different time zone from Sao Paulo, which is an hour ahead.
The city was warm at the arrival of the team, with temperatures standing at 33 degrees celsius.
Pockets of soccer loving Brazilians dotted the route and the front of the hotel to welcome the African champions.
The team was immediately checked into its Hits Pantanal Hotel, which is less than 10 minutes drive from the airport.
On the team’s entourage were some members of the Nigerian National Assembly, noticeable among them Hon. Ayo Omidiran, who is the Deputy Chairman of the House Of Representatives Committee on Sports and a former Executive Committee member of the Nigeria Football Association.
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