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‎Home Eagles To Be Hosted By The President In Abuja

‎Home Eagles To Be Hosted By The President In Abuja
  • PublishedFebruary 6, 2018

President Muhammed Buhari will host The home-based Super Eagles who won the  silver at the 2018 African Nations Championship will on Wednesday be hosted by the President Muhammed Buhari. The tournament ended last Sunday in Casablanca, Morocco.

This information was released by top officials of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF).

The Home Eagles are set to arrive in Lagos Tuesday morning and on Wednesday, leave for Abuja where they will be received and hosted by the Federal Government.

Salisu Yusuf’s Home Eagles set a new one record at the tournament surpassing their third-place finish achieved in 2014 by reaching the final of the 2018 edition of the competition, but lost 4-0 to host Morocco.

Zakaria Hadraf scored a brace while Walid El Karti and the tournament top scorer, Ayoub El Kaabi also got on the score sheet to secure the title for Morocco on Sunday at the expense of a 10-man Nigeria team

 

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