Mikel and Moses out of Burkina Faso tie

Super Eagles duo of John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses have been exempted from tomorrow’s international friendly game,against Burkina Faso in Kaduna.

 

Being a FIFA free window,Nigeria and Burkina Faso will square up against each other in a repeat of the 2013 African Nations Cup finals between both countries,as they both prepare for the last stage of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

 

Super Eagles media officer,Ben Alaiya revealed that both players have been cleared by Stephen Keshi to return to their base in England,with Moses immediately returning to Liverpool to complete all the final details on his loan move to the club.

 

Mikel on his part had a slight knock from the world cup qualifier against Malawi,so he would be exempted from the game against Burkina Faso.

 

Speaking on the arrangement for the game,secretary general of the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) Musa Amadu,said the game was arranged to prepare the Super Eagles for the playoff round of the World Cup qualifiers.

 

 “The Nigeria Football Federation has arranged the match against Burkina Faso to prepare the Super Eagles for the final elimination round, which comes up in October and November. We expect to play our first leg away and then play the return at home.”

 

“We are truly delighted to be in the final round, and we believe the Eagles will do the nation proud by picking one of the five tickets to represent Africa at next year’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil.”