Nigeria
Football Federation (NFF) has expressed concern over the preparation of the
Super Eagles for the Brazil 2014 World Cup, lamenting that there is only one
FIFA free window in March next year before the tournament.
Speaking
to Daily Sunsports in his office in Abuja on the programme for the tournament,
the General Secretary of the federation, Mr. Musa Amadu revealed that the
Nigerian contingent to Brazil for the World cup draw would finalise the
countries for the Eagles friendly.
Asked the
programmes for the World Cup, Barrister Amadu said: “First, we have to
understand that there are very limited matches that we can play before the
commencement of the World Cup tournament. In fact, the only FIFA free window
before the World Cup is in March 5 next year.
“The
Nigerian representatives in the draw today will be able to pinpoint a
particular country among those that qualified for the World Cup that we can
play. We really want to have a feeling of what to face when the hostility
starts in Brazil.
“Because
of the league in Europe, the only release date for the national players would
be from May 16 to camp until June 10. It is a window period of about 24 days
that all the national team players have to train for the tournament, but the
good thing is that by and large, it is going to be the same thing with all the
31 national teams.
“Of
course, our home-based Eagles would be in South Africa for CHAN and about four
or five of them may likely make the boys going into the final training camp
before the selection of the final team for the World Cup. It is going to be a
level playing ground for everybody and I don’t think any team will have any
advantage over the other because of the choked international programme,” he
noted.
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