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Super Eagles to Face México, Cameroon in International Friendly
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The senior national team of Mexico will on the 3rd of July play the Super Eagles of Nigeria in an international friendly.
The announcement was made by the official handle of the Mexican National Team which brings to two the number of friendly games Nigeria will play within a month.
The game against Mexico will be on 3 July at the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (LA Coliseum).
The date for the Cameroon game is the 4th of June in Austria , one month before the game against Mexico. It could see some players pull out of the game as it coincides with the middle of their off season break.
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.
Nigeria will play Mexico in an international friendly at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on July 3. The match will be part of the Super Eagles' preparation