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Super Eagles to land in Uyo today

Super Eagles’ players and officials  will this afternoon leave for Uyo to finalise preparation for the 2018 World Cup qualifier against the Desert Foxes of Algeria slated for the Godswill Akpabio Stadium on Saturday.

The Eagles, who are currently top of the Group B with three points from a match after the road win in Ndola against the Chipolopolo of Zambia who are currently lastin the group while Algeria and Cameroon are joint secondwith a point each.

The Gernot Rohr tutored Eagles have begun their preparations for the tough World Cup qualifier against Algeria in Abuja to save time and ensure that flight hitches do not derail their build up to the tie since all the foreign based players flown directly to the capital city from their respective base.

The Media Officer of the team, Toyin Ibitoye revealed to SportingLife that the Eagles will arrive Uyo the Akwa Ibom capital this afternoon and  be ready for training session on Thursday morning at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium.

The Eagles resumed training in Abuja yesterday with 20 players in the morning before another session in the evening by 5pm and the team would have trained at leastthrice in Abuja before the trip to Uyo.

This post was last modified on November 30, 2018 1:49 pm

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