Nigeria’s clash with Ethiopia switched to Abuja

Nigeria will play Ethiopia in their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Abuja instead of Lagos on 26 March. (Photo: Nigeria’s Super Eagles)

The Nigerian Football Federation says the Group B game will be staged in the capital city against an earlier decision to have the game in Lagos.

The players of the national team said they are averse to playing on the synthetic pitch of the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.

The Ethiopia tie will have a late kick-off time of 2000 GMT.

Last month also, the team were booed at the Lagos stadium after Sierra Leone scored against the Eagles in a friendly, which ended 2-1 in favour of the home team.

Nigeria are trailing group leaders Guinea by three points in their qualifying group.

They have three points after two matches, level with Ethiopia.

Madagascar are the other team in this qualifying pool with only the eventual group winners guaranteed an automatic berth to next year’s Nations Cup to be jointly hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

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