Nigeria’sSuper Eagles on Thursday evening arrived Nelspruit, South
Africa venue of its two opening games in this year’s Africa Nations Cup
championship.
The team had on Wednesday afternoon left its Faro, Portugal training
camp by road to Lisbon from where the 23 players and officials led by
Head Coach Stephen Keshi were joined by Head Of Delegation and Enyimba
of Aba Chairman, Felix Anyasi Agwu. It was from there that the team
caught an Air France plane to Paris, France.
From Paris, the team took another Air France Air Bus jetliner to
Johannesburg, South Africa. The flight lasted 10 hours, 20minutes. On
arrival in Johannesburg, the team was met by Nigerian Embassy officials
and hordes of supporters who drummed away with popular Nigerian songs.
Addressing the media on arrival, Anyansi Agwu, who spoke first in
Johannesburg, said the team was there to return Nigerian football to its
glory days despite the relatively youthful side that Nigeria will
parade at the tournament. Keshi on his part said the team will take each
game as it comes, declaring that he was not under any pressure to
deliver the trophy to Nigerians.
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