Amidst the cacophony of crisis in the country, amidst madness and the threats of more carnage, the greatest unifier in the country returns. On Friday night Nigerians will temporarily set aside all their differences and a divided country will unite around the country's most powerful international brand as they return to the country and to long-awaited action.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria are in town.
They play their very first competitive international football match in 2020 this weekend at the brand new Samuel Ogbemudia International Stadium, Benin City, in an African Cup of Nations qualifier.
This is very historic because no football match of this magnitude has ever been played in the ancient city.
For the first time also, as a result of the global pandemic, the match will be played in an almost empty stadium without the usual vociferous Nigerian football supporters. How will this affect the players and the match?
Since the National Stadium in Lagos and, later, the Moshood Abiola International Stadium, Abuja, became unavailable for any international football matches, the Eagles have become wanderers - a team without a regular home base. They have moved from PoThe Super Eagles will line up against the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone, a team that has never really being a big 'problem in the record of maSports Parliament to look at all these variables in this ccrc
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