The Super Eagles of Nigeria have arrived in Ghana ahead of
their World Cup play-off first leg encounter on Friday.
The Nigeria contingent departed from the Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja aboard a chartered Air Peace aircraft on Thursday
morning.
Nigeria take on Ghana in the 20,000 –capacity Cape Coast
Sports Stadium from 7.30pm on Friday, March 25, with the reverse leg set for
the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday, March 29, from 6pm.
The winner over two legs will earn one of Africa’s five
tickets to the 22nd FIFA World Cup finals, scheduled for November
14 to December 18 this year in
Qatar.
President of the Nigeria Football Federation and Member of
the FIFA Council, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick, on Wednesday disclosed that the
football–ruling body would take the two matches between the Super Eagles and
the Black Stars of Ghana as “very serious business,” insisting that everything
legal and acceptable is being done for Nigeria to achieve victory.
At a meeting with some members of the NFF Executive
Committee and Management inside the NFF Secretariat on Wednesday, Pinnick
admitted that the World Cup playoff fixture is a ‘war’ and must be approached
with utmost commitment, focus and with zero tolerance for tardiness.
He said, “Of course, we are not the ones going into the
field. But the arrangements we put in place will, to a large extent, determine
the spirit with which the players will enter the pitch. All our arrangements
must be flawless and without sloppiness. It is a FIFA World Cup ticket at
stake, so we must give it our all.
“Whatever efforts we have been making to ensure seamless
movement to and fro, as well as accommodation of our contingent at major
matches, must be doubled for the match in Kumasi. Nigerians don’t want to hear
any story; they only want to see the World Cup ticket.”
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