The Nigerian national team, the Super Eagles, has drastically altered its training schedule ahead of the international friendly in Miami, United States against the Venezuelan national team.
From Tuesday morning, the team, under the tutelage of Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, now leaves its training camp at the Bolton White Apartment in Zone 7, every morning at 6:30am and returns to the camping site at about 9:30am.
“Its all in a bid to ensure that the match time for the friendly against Venezuela and the sunny nature of the weather that is expected when the two teams tango in the United States is followed,” team Scribe, Dayo Enebi Achor, declared.
The match time has been scheduled for 8:30pm Nigerian time and 2am CAT, but it is expected to be very sunny on the day.
The team will train throughout this week in the early hours and is expected to jet out by the weekend for the friendly with the highly slicky Venezuelans.
Similarly, Keshi has said he was delighted that one of his players, Peter Osaze Odemwingie, got a brace in his team’s 2-0 win against Southampton on Monday night in the English Premier League.
Keshi said: “We always want our top players to be on top of their game and I am delighted to see him score a brace after we have succeeded in convincing him that the national team still needs his services.
“We pray that all our players continue to be in good health and score for their club sides ahead of the Nations Cup championship.
“It means we will have a very good squad at the CAN 2013 championship.”
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