Africa champions Nigeria are set to close out a phenomenal 2013 with a clash against Italy to be held today at Craven Cottage.
Both Nigeria and Italy have secured their place at next year’s FIFA World Cup, while this match is offering them a chance to set the tone for next year.
The respective mangers will be free to work with their line-ups in London as they begin preparations for Brazil.
The respective mangers will be free to work with their line-ups in London as they begin preparations for Brazil.
The victorious Super Eagles were unbeaten in all eight matches of their World Cup qualifying campaign. They topped Group F to set up a contest against Ethiopia in the mandatory playoffs.
The West Africans won with a 4-1 aggregate score, after beating Ethiopia 2-1 away in the first leg and 2-0 in the return leg played on home-soil on Saturday.
Victor Moses and Victor Obinna demonstrated prolific performance by shooting great goals.
While Nigeria played their CAF play-off, the Azzurri tested themselves against Germany at the San Siro.
AC Milan right-back Ignazio Abate cancelled Mats Hummels’ goal to secure a 1-1 draw and maintain Italy’s record of having not lost to the Germans since 1995.
Cesare Prandelli’s charges were convincing in their qualifying campaign, also going unbeaten to top Group B four points ahead of Denmark.
No comments:
Post a Comment