President Muhammadu Buhari is set to receive Russia 2018 World Cup –bound Super Eagles contingent Wednesday morning before the Federal Executive Council meeting, this NationSport can report.

The contingent was earlier slated for Tuesday evening but it has now been scheduled for 10:am on Wednesday as reliably informed.

Nigeria Football Federation on its website (thenff.com) said that the Wednesday’s session will take place at the Federal Executive Council chambers at 10am, just before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting.

Youth and Sports Minister, Barrister Solomon Dalung is expected to present the team to the President Buhari, afterwards  they are due to fly to London aboard a chartered aircraft for another pre-World Cup friendly with the Three Lions of England at Wembley Stadium on Saturday evening.

From London, the delegation will fly into Bad Tatzmannsdorf, a city in Austria where they will spend eight days at the world –renowned Avita Resort before flying to Russia.

In-between the final camping in Austria, the team will play a final pre-World Cup friendly against the Czech Republic at the Rudolf Tonn Stadium (just outside Vienna) on Wednesday next week.

In five previous outings at the FIFA World Cup, the Eagles have reached the Round of 16 on three occasions (1994, 1998 and 2014), but exited at the group stage at the 2002 and 2010 finals.
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