Also Super Eagles’ position in the continent remained unchanged with Black Stars of Ghana as the most improved team in Africa
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Players and officials of the Super Eagles, who had been in a final training camp in Faro, Portugal since December 28, 2012 and played a total of four tune-up matches, arrived in Nelspruit on Thursday evening and immediately checked into the Ingwenyama Conference and Sport Resort
The match, which was again played at the Browns Sports and Leisure Club in Faro, where the Nigerian side stayed throughout its sojourn in Portugal, was barely five minutes old when right back, Efe Ambrose, surged into the danger area of the Portuguese was met with a vicious hacking
Group A double-header clash led by the host nation, South Africa, and tournament debutants, Cape Verde Islands, followed by Angola and Morocco will set the mood of the tournament
The former National team handler also admonished Nigerians to stop debating on the final list of players for the African Cup of Nations since Keshi has decided on the players he is taking to the Nations Cup
Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, has said the game will afford him another opportunity of testing his wards against fluid opposition and preparing them for the task of doing well at the Nations Cup
Musa came into training on Friday morning looking different, with players and officials rushing to take photographs of the new look Musa.
Meanwhile, the national team has celebrated the naming of first choice keeper, Vincent Enyeama, as Africa’s best goalkeeper for last year, with Keshi urging Enyeama to demonstrate his selection by putting up a solid performance at the African Cup of Nations 2013 championship in South Africa
The medicals included scans, chest x-ray, blood tests and general health test for the players, with the medical team, headed by Dr. Ibrahim Gyaran, assisted by Physiotherapist Adewale Oladejo, being very busy for the better part of the day
Apart from Yobo, goalkeepers Enyeama and Austin Ejide, defender Elderson Echiejile, midfielder Mikel Obi and forward Ikechukwu Uche who were at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the rest are profile-on-the-rise and ambitious performers ready to captivate Africa
Addressing the players and officials in company with the Director of Elite Athletes, Dr. Bolaji Ojo-Oba, and President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji AMinu Maigari, Abdulahi said that President Goodluck Jonathan approved all his requests for a successful outing at the Nations Cup
Abdullahi, who was at the camp with Director, Elite Athletes in the ministry, Dr. Bolaji Ojo-Oba, took time to make a personal observations and declared that he was encouraged to come to watch the team in Faro, Portugal after a superlative performance against the Catalan Selected side, which the Eagles held to a 1-1 draw in Barcelona last Wednesday
The Nigeria Football Federation has disowned the purported final list of players of the Super Eagles that will feature in…
Contrary to earlier declaration that the list will be made public on Tuesday, NFF says it will now be announced on Wednesday after the friendly game against Cape Verde scheduled for Wednesday in Faro, Portugal
Speaking in Abuja, the Chairman of the NFF Finance Committee, Dr. Shehu Adamu, said the reports were not only in bad taste, but calculated to put the Federation in poor light and cause unnecessary tension in the national team’s camp
The former Chelsea star, who spoke on Monday, believes that despite Nigeria’s absence in the last edition, the Super Eagles are among the favourites for the title
Competent sources informed our correspondent that an advance team from the Ministry of sports had arrived Faro on Monday afternoon
Team Secretary, Dayo Enebi Achor, said he has been in constant touch with the Spartan army officer and he has assured the team that once he gets his clearance from the Chief of Army Staff, he would immediately join the team for the Nations Cup tournament
Even before the players were asked to go, three coaches – Sylvanu Okpala (MON), Ike Shorunmi and Hyoundonou Valere – took the players to a section of the dinning hall for special counseling and words of encouragement and assured them that they are still part and parcel of the team and will be recalled once the team returns from the Nations Cup championship and starts hostilities in the World Cup qualifiers
‘Now I am fit and I actually started training two days ago with the Chelsea first team’