Thursday, January 16, 2014
Upcoming Friendly: Nigeria will take on Mexico in Atlanta in March, 2014
The Nigeria Football Federation
recently confirmed that the Super Eagles of Nigeria will face Mexico in a
friendly in the United States on March 5th in their build-up to the Brazil World
Cup. The match will be held at the Georgia Dome Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
The international friendly will be organized by Soccer United Marketing (SUM), the Mexican Football Federation’s U.S. Representatives, with the co-operation of Eurodata Sport.
The international friendly will be organized by Soccer United Marketing (SUM), the Mexican Football Federation’s U.S. Representatives, with the co-operation of Eurodata Sport.
This will be the second time in 10 months
that both sides have met in a friendly in the US - they played out a 2-2 draw in Houston on May 31st, last year.
"This is the first big
friendly for the Super Eagles on the road to Brazil," Nigeria Football
Federation spokesman Ademola Olajire told BBC Sport.
"With both countries preparing
for the World Cup and playing in front of large Nigerian and Mexican crowd, it
should spark a great atmosphere in Atlanta.
"It's clear that if we are to
prepare extremely hard for Brazil then we need to start playing against strong
nations.
"The organisers have gone an
extra mile to make this happen because both nations will be competing against
teams with similar football culture in the summer, so this should help."
Nigeria will face Argentina, Iran
and Bosnia-Herzegovina in Group F at the 2014 World Cup, while Mexico play in
group A against hosts and five-time winners Brazil, Croatia and Cameroon.
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