Nigeria replace Ghana with Burkina Faso

Thomas Freeman Yeboah 20:26 - 18 February 2017

The Super Eagles' friendly game against the Black Stars next month has been cancelled

Nigeria have replaced Ghana with Burkina Faso in their next months friendly encounter due to managerial decision.

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The head coach of Nigeria Gernot Rohr wanted to use Ghana's game to prepare the Super Green Eagles for their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and 2019 AFCON qualifiers later this year, but the game scheduled for London between these West African giants has been called off.

Nigeria will play Senegal on 23rd March and face Burkina Faso four days later.

''We (Nigeria) will play Senegal then Burkina Faso four days later. The proposed tie with Ghana was called off due to their managerial situation, so we moved quickly to replace them with Burkina Faso,'' match agent Jairo PachonPacho of Eurodata Sports told Owngoalnigeria.com