The Super Eagles has cancelled the friendlies against Venezuela and Colombia in the United States next month as planned, a source close to the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) revealed to the ESPN.
Just last month, the NFF announced that the Super Eagles would play Colombia at the Citi Field in New York on November 18 and Venezuela at the Shell Energy Stadium in Houston on November 14.
However, given the Super Eagles’ late play-off qualification following their 4-0 win against Benin Republic last week, the matches would no longer hold in order for the team to focus on the play-off qualification matches.
The play-offs would feature Nigeria, alongside Cameroon, Congo DR and Gabon, in a one-legged, two-semi-final game.
The winner of these semis and eventual final goes on to represent Africa in the intercontinental play-offs.
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“So, we will not be going ahead with the matches anymore,” an official told ESPN.
“Our goal is to concentrate on the playoffs now and qualify from Africa and then focus on the intercontinental playoffs.”
The Super Eagles are ranked highest in the play-offs and would play Gabon.
The winner of the tie plays against the winner of the tie between Cameroon and Congo DR.
