Nigeria Set to Unveil New Nike Jersey for Rio Unveiling in Luxembourg
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have confirmed that Nigeria’s new Nike kit will be unveiled at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Chairman of the NFF Media and Publicity Committee, Suleiman Yahaya-Kwande, announced that the new jerseys designed for the country’s football teams will be revealed at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August.
Meanwhile, the Super Eagles have arrived in Luxembourg City ahead of Tuesday’s international friendly game against Luxembourg.
According to the Nigeria Football Federation on their official website, the delegation left Rouen, where they played Mali on Friday, at noon on Sunday and are now at the Alvisse Parc Hotel, which is located on Route d’Echternach in Luxembourg City.
It was also revealed that the Super Eagles later trained at the Stade Josy Barthel, which is the venue of Tuesday’s clash with Luxembourg.
On Friday, the Eagles pipped Mali 1-0 in the first of their double header international friendly games.
The only goal of the game was scored by Kelechi Iheanacho, who struck in the 77th minute after coming on as a substitute.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria U-23 squad will depart Nigeria later today to attend the Suwon Invitational Tournament in South Korea as the team begins final preparation for the men’s football tournament of this year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
“Not many people gave us a chance going to the African finals in Senegal. We love it that way because so much focus is on the other teams and we are able to concentrate on devising our own strategies,” Coach Samson Siasia said yesterday. “The last time I took the U-23 to the Olympics, we won silver.
This time, we will aim for gold,” he added. Siasia has picked Captain Azubuike Okechukwu, goalkeeper Emmanuel Daniel, defenders Stanley Amuzie and Segun Oduduwa, midfielders Usman Mohammed and Stanley Dimgba, forwards Taiwo Awoniyi and Saviour Godwin and 12 others for the invitational tournament. The list is made up of 12 home-based and eight overseas- based professionals. After the tournament in Korea, the team will train in Manchester, United Kingdom before heading to Atlanta, United States of America, from where it will travel to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics.
Nigeria will play in Group B of the tournament against Sweden, Colombia and Japan. Host Brazil, who lost 0-1 to Nigeria in a friendly in Brazil two months ago, head Group A which also has South Africa, Iraq and Denmark. Germany, Mexico, Korea Republic and Fiji make up Group C while Argentina, Honduras, Algeria and Portugal are in Group D. Meanwhile, a major knee injury may rule defender Segun Oduduwa from the Rio Olympics as he has already dropped out of the Suwon invitational tournament in South Korea. Oduduwa, who suffered the injury in training with the Olympic team, will require surgery overseas as he races against time to be fit for the Rio Games, which begin in August.
