Friday, June 6, 2014
Road to Brazil: Nigeria VS USA on Saturday June 7th
The
Super Eagles of Nigeria will play against the US Men' s National Team on Saturday, June 7th, 2014 at 6 PM ET, the
international friendly will be played at the Ever-Bank Field in
Jacksonville, FLA.
The
USMNT have been placed in one of the strongest group in the
World Cup; they will be playing against Ghana, Portugal, and Germany
in Group G in Brazil. The USMNT pulled out two victories in their recent warm-up matches against Azerbaijan
and Turkey.
Nigeria will go-head-to-head in a team that will feature
world's best player Lionel Messi in their Group F which consists of
Argentina, Bosnia, Iran and Nigeria. The Super Eagles are yet to
record any win so far after playing out several warm-up matches, they
have achieved draws in all their encounters so far, and in what can
be considered their last encounter before heading to Brazil for the
real deal, they may decide unleash hidden potential in order to
record a win. :)
Coach Keshi recently expressed concerns over their
performance after the Eagles drew 0-0 in their friendly against
Greece, speaking he said:
“In freindlies you can correct your
mistakes but in a tournament it can cost us dearly. So we will see
how it goes in the next game because that is another chance to
improve on their performance."
The visitors will be playing without formidable left-back Elderson Echiejile who
sustained a hamstring injury in Tuesday's game against Greece.
This
is the second meeting between the USMNT and the Super Eagles of
Nigeria; their first encounter was in June 1995 in Foxborough Mass.
The USMNT won recorded a 3-2 victory over Nigeria's Eagles.
Players
to watch
Nigeria:
Chelsea' s Mikel Obi, and team-mate who is currently on loan at
Liverpool Victor Moses, both players have the type of strength and
balance that only comes with experience and good old skills. Celtics
Efe Ambrose will give the USMNT strikers a tough time getting pass
the defense and Nigeria's goalkeeper has been spectacular in recent
forms.
USMNT:
Klinsmann' s men will have to provide a match for Nigeria's strong
strikers. Jozy Altidore is definitely not suffering from lack of
confidence after seeing his impressive performances in past
games especially in recent warm-up against Turkey. Michael Bradley and Jones will hope to provide
some challenge to Nigeria's defense who will be playing without
strong defensive player Echiejille.
Both teams will be heading to Brazil on Sunday for the World Cup which starts on June 12th.
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