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Super Eagles International friendly against Burkina Faso called off
Mar 26 2017 at 06:54am
The NFF has confirmed that the friendly game against Burkina Faso in London has been called off due to Visa issues.
Seven players from Burkina Faso could not get entry Visa to the UK.
The NFF president Amaju pinnick was not happy the game was called off, he also said the Objective for the team to face physical African opponents and team bonding was achieved.
He added : “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.
The Chairman of the NFF Technical committee Maurice Green also said : “The match in question is called off due to no fault of either the organisers or the Nigeria Football Federation. We will announce further plans for the Super Eagles preparation for these two
important qualifying campaigns in due course.”
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