Nigeria: Eagles to Play Two Friendlies in Portugal

Nigeria Football Federation is working to get commitments from less busy national teams to play friendly games with the Super Eagles, while they put their acts together in Faro, Portugal for the 2013 Nations Cup starting January in South Africa. The Eagles are scheduled to play Venezuela on November 14 in Caracas, but according to coach Stephen Keshi, this game will not be enough to gear up his boys for the onerous task of conquering Africa and regain the respect of other teams in the continent