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Published 20 May 2021
The Super Eagles will play their Mexican counterparts in an international friendly at the 77,500-capacity Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, California, United States of America on July 3, The PUNCH reports.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Communications Department of the Nigwria Football Federation, which was made available to our correspondent on Wednesday.
NFF’s FIFA match agent, Jairo Pachon of Eurodata Sport said, “We are happy to be able to announce this match, which is a clash between two very big teams from two different continents. Mexico against Nigeria is a big match any day and the venue is class.”
By Duro Ikhazuagbe
Nigeria and Mexico have agreed terms for a friendly to be played at the famous Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the State of California, United States of America on Saturday, 3rd July.
Nigeria Football Federation’s Match Agent, Jairo Pachon of Eurodata Sport, who sealed the friendly for the three-time African champions announced the deal yesterday.
“We are happy to be able to announce this match, which is a clash between two very big teams from two different continents. Mexico against Nigeria is a big match any day and the venue is class,” he gushed over the mouth-watery fixture with the CONCACAF Gold Cup holders Mexico.
Nigeria and Mexico will play a friendly tie in Los Angeles, United States, on July 3. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed that the match will
The Super Eagles will take on CONCACAF Gold Cup champions Mexico in a friendly at the famous Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the State of California, the United States of America on Saturday, 3rd July 2021.
The match, which kicks off at 7.30 pm LA time will be the sixth confrontation between the senior teams of both countries, four of which have ended in draws. The only win in the series has gone to Mexico, when they trumped a US Gold Cup encounter in Dallas (State of Texas) 2-1 on 24th June 1995. Jonathan Akpoborie scored Nigeria’s only goal.
Other confrontations include a 1-1 draw at the FIFA Intercontinental Tournament for the King Fahd Cup (now FIFA Confederations Cup) in Saudi Arabia on 13th January 1995 (Mexico prevailed 5-4 on penalties in the quarter-final match), and 0-0 draws in friendly matches in Houston and Atlanta the previous decade. A friendly game in Mexico also ended 2-2.