Nigeria’s Super Eagles are hopeful of putting their awful World Cup qualifiers start behind as they fly to Rwanda Saturday night to play against Zimbabwe Warriors feuding over unpaid bonuses.
The team is expected to leave Uyo by midnight on a chartered flight that would make the roughly four hours journey to Kigali and then take a two hours road trip to Batare where Zimbabwe are playing their home matches. The 20,000 -capacity Huye Stadium has an artificial turf, but the Eagles have voiced a collective decision not to be bothered about the playing turf as they seek the maximum three points.
Zimbabwe, Wednesday played Rwanda on the same turf in the game that ended 0-0.
After a 1-1 draw with Lesotho’s Crocodiles in Uyo on Thursday evening, Coach Jose Peseiro and his charges quietly committed to facing the remaining nine matches of the qualification series with a much stronger mentality, with victory in each match the only option.
With Rwanda on the high-altitude plane, it was decided that the Eagles fly into the country, have their official training session and play the match before the unfamiliar climate began to take its toll.
Meanwhile Zimbabwe Warriors returned to training Friday after staying off the field in protest of their unpaid allowances. The Zimbabwe Herald reported that the Zimbabwe Football Association had to look for money to transfer to the players to avoid a prolonged standoff.
