By Joe Apu
Tickets for the two international friendly of Nigeria’s Super Eagles against the Teranga Lions of Senegal and the Etalons of Burkina Faso in London have gone on sale.
According to Jairo Pachon of Eurodata Sport, the official FIFA Match Agent, the details for the tickets will sell at £10 British Pounds (about N5,000) for adults and £5British Pounds (about 2,500) for juniors
The Super Eagles currently on a five –match winning streak, since losing 0-1 to African vice champions Egypt in a 2017 Cup of Nations qualifying match in Alexandria a year ago, are ranked 41st in the world, 10 places below Senegal’s Teranga Lions and three places below the Etalons of Burkina Faso.
“We believe that the two teams, Senegal and Burkina Faso, who also participated at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations finals in Gabon, will provide the Super Eagles with quality preparation for the remaining matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying series, and the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign starting in June,” said a statement by NFF and Eurodata Sport.
Both games will take place at The Hive, Barnet FC home ground, and will kick off at 8:00pm. Nigeria and Senegal take the pitch on Thursday, 23rd March and it will be the turn of Nigeria and Burkina Faso on Monday, 27th March.