The Super Eagles will leave Fez for Marrakech on Thursday, 8th of January ahead of their quarter-final clash in this year’s AFCON.
Media officer of the Super Eagles Promise Efoghe dislcosed this today (Tuesday).
After playing all their three group stage and round of 16 matches in Fes, the Super Eagles will now move to Marrakech where they will either face DR Congo or Algeria.
To get to the quarter-finals the Nigerian team thrashed Mozambique 4-0 in Monday’s first knockout round.
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Efoghe said a recovery session will hold Tuesday at the Sardienne complex and that 26 players will train while injured Ryan Alebiosu continues with his recovery.
He clarified that Akor Adams didn’t leave camp on long term, that he only left the hotel to see his parents who are in Fes and located just a few minutes drive from the team’s hotel.
He added that the Sevilla star returned in less than an hour, just before lunch time.
By James Agberebi in Fes, Morocco
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Why travel a day to the quarter finals? NFF has started again…
Totally agree with u Chima, why in God’s name should d team leave for Marrakesh only a day b4 a crucial encounter. This makes absolute no sense. You want to be familiar with d pitch as well as the environment. I would’ve thought 1st tin Tuesday, they’ve already departed and would even have 2 training sessions dat day to fine tune dia strategies. What if sometin happens on dat Thursday dat further delays dia travel plans causing dem to postpone to Friday. Its ridiculous who d logistics officer is. Algeria who played today will likely travel to Marrakesh Wednesday to commence preparation. This Algerian are extremely talented, defensively, they are fabtastivc with Mandy and Bensabaini (they’ve conceded d least amount of goals in dis tournament), their LB and RB are exceptional, balance midfield with youth and lots of energy. Their frontline like ours is lethal, any lapses in concentration and we will be punished. 9ja can’t afford to treat diz game with kid’s gloves, this is why the situation with Osihmen and his teammates wouldn’t have come in d worst possible time. My only hope is we see d warrior or beast mode in Osihmen against the Algerians as this is d games where legends are made. Onyemeachi and Bright Osayi Samuel have dia work cut out for dem on Saturday. This clash won’t be easy.