Team B arrives Ouagadougou

The Super Eagles team B have arrived Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso ahead of their African Nations Championship qualifying match against the Etalons.

The Super Eagles home-based team will be facing their counterparts from Burkina Faso in the qualifiers with a 2-0 lead from the first leg played in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

A delegation including 23 players and 13 technical and backroom officials arrived on Friday, October 23 at about 10.10pm Nigeria time (9.10pm Burkina Faso time).

The delegation which was led by the second Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and League Management Committee (LMC)  chairman Shehu Dikko travelled aboard a chartered ARIK Air Bombadier aircraft from the Port Harcourt International Airport.

The Eagles' delegation was received by Mr. Felix Inya, consular at the Embassy of Nigeria in Ouagadougou and Mr. Shehu Ahmed, protocol officer of the embassy, alongside an official from the Federation Burkinabe de Foot-Ball.

The Super Eagles B will have the official training at the August 4 Stadium in Ouagadougou on Saturday evening, with the match to start at 4.00pm (5pm Nigeria time) on Sunday at the same venue.

Nigeria will be looking to book their place in Rwanda 2016 for their second appearance at the biennial football showpiece.

The Super Eagles finished third in their debut appearance in South Africa with Ejike Uzoenyi winning the best player’s award.