The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, has commended the Super Eagles following their brilliant performance against the Flames of Malawi on Saturday in Calabar, Cross River State.
Magari stated this while reeling out the achievements and accomplishments of the present board of the Nigeria Football Federation in the past three years.
He said: “The boys deserve commendation for the way and manner they approached the match.
“At no time did it look like they would allow Malawi into the game.
“They played with confidence and assurance.
“That is the stuff of champions.
“I have no doubt that we will earn the ticket to the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals.”
The NFF General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu, said on Sunday: “The Nigeria Football Federation has arranged the match against Burkina Faso to prepare the Super Eagles for the final elimination round,
which comes up in October and November.
“We expect to play our first leg away and then play the return at home.
“We are truly delighted to be in the final round, and we believe the Super Eagles will do the nation proud by picking one of the five tickets to represent Africa at next year’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil.”
Tuesday’s game is a sort of replica of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations final, which the Super Eagles dominated and eventually won 1-0 in Soccercity, Johannesburg, South Africa.
If there are no changes at the top of the African table in the FIFA rankings to be released on Thursday, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Algeria, Nigeria and Cape Verde (who shocked Tunisia in Rades) will be in the Pot A (seeded teams) for the 10-team final elimination round Draw in Cairo on Monday next week, while Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Senegal and Ethiopia will be in Pot B.
The Super Eagles can only be drawn against any of the teams in Pot B.
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