The Nigerian Football Federation NFF has agree and confirmed supers and eagles
ticket to participate in the Eight-Nation Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup competition in Dubai, UAE from October 30 to November 3.
Its a great tournament which feacture four-time world champions, Brazil, reigning world champions, Russia,
hosts, UAE, next year’s Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup hosts, Tahiti, USA,
Japan and Switzerland. And are the participating teams have been drawn into two groups of four teams
each with UAE, Russia, Tahiti and USA in Group A and Nigeria, Brazil,
Japan and Switzerland in Group B.
Teams are expected to arrive in Dubai on Sunday, October 28.
Some invited players are not yet to report to the
Supersand Eagles’ training camp in Badagry with Abdul Haruna having
recently lost his father in-law, Bartholomew Ibenegbu down with typhoid
fever and Ogbonnaya Okemiri excused to attend a screening exercise with
Akwa United.
Coach Adamu Audu Ejor's team now train twice daily after maintaining once-a-day training for the past days.
The Dubai tournament is expected to put the Nigerian team in great
shape for the defence of their title at this year’s Copa Lagos, set for
December 14 and 16.The Nigerian side reached the quarterfinals of last year’s Fifa Beach
Soccer World Cup in Ravenna, Italy and won the Four-Nation Invitational
Tournament held in Lagos, styled Copa Lagos, in December 2011.
They defeated four-time world champions, Brazil, England and South Africa on their way to glory.
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