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Super Eagles, Cameroon To Play Friendly In Austria, June 4
It is been confirmed, the Indomi table Lions of Cameroon will face everlasting foes, Super Eagles of Nigeria, in a classic international friendly next month.
This comes after both nations opted to stay active despite CAF’s decision to push forward the 2022 FIFA world cup qualifiers from the June FIFA window to the September 2021 window.
The old age foes will have to fold their sleeves for another round of bare-knuckled battle when they clash in Austria next month.
It would be the first meeting between the West African neighbours since that nail-biting five-goal thriller in the eight final of the July 2019 which handed Nigeria an AFCON quarter-final berth after winning by an odd goal.
Overall, Cameroon and Nigeria have met 23 times with Nigeria the most successful in their meetings as they have won 12 times and lost only four of those games, with the rest ending up in draws.
Their first official meeting dates back to 1960 in an international friendly with the game ending in a barren draw.
Nigeria then tasted identical 3-1 victories in the next two meetings, one a tie at the Nkrumah Cup in 1961 and the following year in an international friendly.