THE Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said yesterday that there was no time the soccer federation contemplated a change in the venue for the Super Eagles World Cup 2018 qualifier against Cameroon from the Godswill Akpabio Stadium.
Head of media in the Glass House, Ademola Olajire told reporters while reacting to insinuations that there is a change of venue that he is at a loss over the issue since the federation at no time issued any statement to that effect. The statement seems to fall in line with the thinking of Super Eagles handler Gernot Rohr who insists that he and his players are comfortable playing in Uyo.
The coach insisted that the pitch didn’t contribute to his team’s loss against South Africa as speculated by many, and wants them to remain in Uyo to finish both the World Cup 2018 Qualifiers and AFCON 2019 Qualifiers as well.
Nigeria lost her last game at the stadium to South Africa 0-2 in their first AFCON 2019 Qualifiers, and their next competitive game which will be against Cameroon in the race to be at the World Cup 2018 is rumoured to have been shifted from the ground.
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