Brazil pull out of Eagles friendly

The development means the NFF will have to shop for another opponent for the team during the March FIFA window as Brazil has opted for fellow South Americans, Chile, for the March 29 fixture at the Emirates stadium in London.NFF President, Amaju Pinnick had weeks ago announced that the Super Eagles would host the Selecao […]

The development means the NFF will have to shop for another opponent for the team during the March FIFA window as Brazil has opted for fellow South Americans, Chile, for the March 29 fixture at the Emirates stadium in London.
NFF President, Amaju Pinnick had weeks ago announced that the Super Eagles would host the Selecao in the new Uyo stadium in Akwa Ibom on March 29.
Pinnick had reassured everyone that the match against Brazil was cast in stone last year even as it seemed that the former world champions were not keen.
“It is not true that the match has been cancelled. There is nothing like that. What people are probably not clear about is the fact that Brazil will play France around the same period,” Pinnick had said.
“Brazil will play France on March 26, while they will fly to Nigeria to play the Super Eagles at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium on March 29. The two games and dates are quite different,” the NFF boss said.
With this confirmation that Brazil would not be coming to Uyo, the NFF will be in search of new opponents for the Super Eagles Team A who have been out of action since failing to qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.