{"id":238,"date":"2017-11-19T07:02:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T07:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=238"},"modified":"2017-11-19T07:02:34","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T07:02:34","slug":"caf-to-consider-nigerian-proposal-by-our-correspondent-kaduna-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"CAF to consider Nigerian proposal  By Our Correspondent \u2026\u2026Kaduna, Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">CAF to consider Nigerian proposal<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">By Our Correspondent \u2026\u2026Kaduna, Nigeria <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">The Confederation of African Football will meet soon to discuss a proposal for African World Cup qualifiers to play friendlies during the FIFA window in March, a Nigerian official said yesterday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">Nigeria, Senegal, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia will be Africa\u2019s five flag bearers at Russia next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">However, all five teams will be engaged in AFON 2019 in the next FIFA window in March and this will be the last window before the World Cup in June in Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">Super Eagles\u2019 spokesman Toyin Ibitoye said Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick has proposed that the next FIFA window should now be used by the World Cup finalists to prepare for world football\u2019s showpiece tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">\u201cIn the few days CAF will meet to deliberate a proposal by the NFF president on using the FIFA window in March for the World Cup flag bearers to play friendly matches ahead of Russia 2018,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">Nigeria is slated to play against Seychelles in March 2018 in continuation of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, but would now battle a better rated team should this proposal be accepted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">There has been media speculation over possible Eagles\u2019 opponents in pre-World Cup friendlies, but Ibitoye maintained likely opponents will be known after the December 1 draw in Moscow.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAF to consider Nigerian proposal By Our Correspondent \u2026\u2026Kaduna, Nigeria The Confederation of African Football will meet soon to discuss a proposal for African World Cup qualifiers to play friendlies during the FIFA window in March, a Nigerian official said yesterday. 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