The Super Eagles will play against some of
Barcelona’s best.
The Head Coach of Catalonia side, Johan
Cryuff, has listed 10 players from Spanish La
Liga leaders, Barcelona, for the international
friendly against Nigeria’s Super Eagles on
Wednesday evening.
He has also picked seven players from
Espanyol FC, whose ground will host the
encounter.
The list made available to the Nigerian
delegation on arrival in Barcelona has
Barcelona first choice in goal, Victor Valdes,
Xavi Hernandez, Carlos Puyol, Gerard Pique,
Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, Martin
Montoya, Sergio Roberto, Christian Tello and
Marc Bartra all listed from the Catalan
giants.
From Espanyol, there will be Joan Verdi,
Joan Capdevilla, Sergio Garcia, Kiko Casilas,
Raul Rodriguez, Victor Sanchez, and Sergio
Tejera.
Others in the team list are AC Milan’s Bojan
Rkic; Getafe’s Alvaro Vazquez; Jordi Amat
and Francesco Medina ‘Piti,’ both of Rayo
Vallecano; and Red Bulls Zalburg’s Jonathan
Soriaro.
“These are big names no doubt but our
players know that names don’t play football
these days, we will just go out there and give
our best against them,” Eagles Head Coach,
Stephen Keshi, said.
The match time has also been brought
forward, as it would now be played at 7 p.m.
Nigerian instead of the 9 p.m. earlier stated.
The venue remains Espanyol FC home ground
in the Catalan city.
The game is one of the schedule warm-up
matches to prepare the Eagles for the 2013
African Nations Cup...I wish dem all d best o

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