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Super Eagles to take on Mali, Luxembourg in Europe


The Super Eagles will take on the Eagles of Mali and the Luxembourg senior national team in two international friendly matches in Europe in the next FIFA window, NAN reports.
The former African champions will take on Mali, ranked four places above them at 63, at the Stade Robert Diochon in Rouen, France on May 27.
Mali finished as runners-up at the Africa Cup of Nations in 1972, and took bronze medals at the finals in 2012 and 2013.
The Eagles of Mali have already qualified for the 2017Africa Cup of Nations finals, having garnered 10 points from their first four matches of the qualification series.
They are in Group C which also has Equatorial Guinea, Benin Republic and South Sudan.
The Super Eagles will then face Luxembourg in Luxembourg City on June 1 at a venue to be finalised very soon.

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