The Nigeria Football Federation
(NFF) has moved the Super Eagles' Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier against
Cameroon scheduled for August from the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo to Port
Harcourt.
Quoting sources from the NFF, the
website said the football house was no longer comfortable with the spate of bad
results in Uyo. Super Eagles have won just two games at the magnificent
Godswill Akpabio Stadium and the recent loss
against South Africa, it said, has convinced the federation that the ground is
jinx.
But the NFF says it is moving the
game to Port Harcourt based purely on logistics grounds. Transportation to the
stadium factored as part of the reasons, as it takes 45 minutes to drive from
the hotel of the Super Eagles to the stadium, while the none presence of vocal
home support also played a role.
The choice of Port Harcourt is yet
to be fully agreed as renovation works at the ground is yet to be completed, so
the NFF has placed the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna and the national stadium
in Abuja on standby.
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