Nigeria Vow To Beat Burkina Faso For Sunday Oliseh- Salami

The media had reported last week that Coach Oliseh was sick and would not be available for last week’s match between Nigeria and Burkina Faso.

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 worldwide Airport.

The President of the Nigeria Football Association, Amaju Pinnick, has launched a verbal attack on retired Super Eagles’ striker, Emmanuel Emenike.

According to Nigeria Daily News, Oliseh missed the Super Eagles’ trip to Burkina Faso for the second leg of the CHAN qualifier in Ouagadogou yesterday.

“I am calling on Nigerians to support and pray for us as we will do our own job on the field”. “I want to thank them so much for the love and support”, he said.

Oliseh, who has been asked to take a rest for two weeks by doctors so as to recover from a virus infection will resume national duties before the Eagles camp for the 2018 World Cup qualifier against Swaziland open next month. The doctors have now made the rest a compulsory one. As you know, the coach is trying to recuperate, so we will wait to hear from him, as the coach of the team. The flight is two hours and we will be back immediately after the game on Sunday, ” he said.

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