Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Football fans and journalist mob Super Eagles team at Houston Airport.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria received very warm welcome in the US as journalists and fans mobbed them at the
Houston Airport on Tuesday. The team later held a work out session in the
evening ahead of Friday’s international friendly against Mexico.
The team arrived Houston Airport at
about 2.40pm local time (8.40pm West African Time) for the international
friendly match against the national team of Mexico scheduled for 31st
of May, 2013.
After airport formalities the team later
settled in at the Westin Galleria Hotel in West Alabama, Houston at 4.20 pm
local time, had lunch and trained at 7.30pm (1.30am WAT).
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi at a brief press conference stated that Friday's friendly against Mexico will give him
the chance to run the rule over some new players ahead of key World Cup
qualifying games against Kenya and Namibia in June.
The African champions will play the
Mexicans in Houston, and Keshi said on arrival his team will give a good
account.
"We are here to give a good
account of ourselves as a team and also as the champion team of Africa.
“Definitely, we want to take a look
at a couple of new players and see what they have to offer. But we take this
match serious as it will prepare us for crucial encounters in the next few
weeks,” Keshi told the media at the Houston International Airport.
They are indeed looking forward to
the friendly: Coach Stephen Keshi said "All is well with the team and we
are looking forward to a great game against Mexico on Friday.
Nigeria play Kenya and Namibia away
in crucial 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifying matches on June 5 and June 12
respectively, before flying into Brazil through South Africa.
Chelsea winger Victor Moses has
pulled out of all these games due to injuries and his club recently announced
he will only be fit again by July 6th after undergoing treatment. The Chelsea starlet has since expressed his dissatisfaction
with the new development, on his Tweeter page Moses wrote Wednesday-
@VictorMoses: “Devastated not to be
able to represent my country this summer bt have to respect medical advice on
injury. I'll be supporting though #nigeria."
Well, now, both Mikel and Moses have been
ruled out for the friendly, but, Mikel Obi will later join the team for the
upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
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