Nigeria vs Brazil will hold, NFF reiterates

The international friendly match between Nigeria and Brazil senior national team will still hold, the Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick has reiterated.

Rumours had it that Brazil may not honour the match due to a fixture with France in the same period.

''It is not true that the match had been cancelled. There is nothing like that. What people are probably not clear about is the fact that Brazil will play France around the same period,” Pinnick said in a press release.

''Brazil will play France on March 26, while they will fly to Nigeria to play the Super Eagles at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium on March 29. The two games and dates are quite different.''

''We are working hard at ensuring that we utilize all the Fifa – free days for international friendlies next year. There are about 10 of those dates and we will get opponents for the Super Eagles for each and everyone of them.

''We have firmly put behind us the Eagles’ failure to qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Our focus now is on building a much stronger team through giving opportunities to foreign –based players who had either been on the fringes or previously shut out, and also taking good look at those players on the domestic scene who have shown some promise.''