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… As Nigeria, Zambia Clash Today
Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Zambia’s Chipolopolo have reached an agreement to play a friendly ahead of the African Nations Cup starting next week in Angola.
The game will be played on today at the Absa Stadium in Durban, behind closed doors, as both sides look to fine-tune tactics for the competition.
Super Eagles media officer Idah Peterside and Football Association of Zambia President Kalusha Bwalya both confirmed the development late on Monday night, following a long meeting between both parties.
“We had a meeting and both sides have agreed to play the match,” Peterside told KickOffNigeria.com.
“The game will be played behind closed doors at 4pm South African time in Durban. Both teams agreed that it will be behind closed doors.”
Bwalya said that his side were excited about the prospect of playing the Super Eagles.
”Yes, it’s correct that we have come to an agreement about the friendly match. Chipolopolo are looking forward to Wednesday,” he told KickOffNigeria.com.
Nigeria defeated Zambia, captained by Bwalya, in 1994 to lift the Africa Cup of Nations.