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November 21, 2019
Nigeria’squest to register her name in the annals of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cuphistory, Supersand Eagles will tomorrow, Friday battle Portugal.
TheSupersand Eagles got a ticket to feature at the 16 -team World Cup finals inParaguay after finishing second at the CAF Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, held inEgypt in December 2018.
Thisyear’s World Cup is expected to kick-off today at the headquarters of theParaguayan Olympic Committee in Greater Asuncion.
Itwill be recalled that Nigeria’s players and team officials flew out of thecountry, 8th November, in order to participate in an eight-nationpre-competition tournament that took place in Asuncion, 12th to 16th November.
TheSupersand Eagles defeated the Tahiti national team 9-4 during thepre-tournament event, after losing 3-7 to host Paraguay.
Eagleswill campaign in Group-D, which also has world number one team, Brazil andOman, ranked number 14 in the world. Nigeria is ranked 21st in the world.