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Home-based Eagles are expected to play an international friendly against a yet-to-be-named team on January 7, officials said.
According to a press release by the Eagles press officer, Ben Alaiya, coach Stephen Keshi is gearing up for a match for the team of players from the domestic league on January 7.
The team will take on National Division One side, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Friday at the training pitch of the National Stadium in Abuja.
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Assistant coach Daniel Amokachi, who is in charge of the team in the absence of Keshi, who is away in Ghana for the CAF Awards, said the game will kick off at 8am local time and it’s one in a series of games designed to test the readiness of the team for the challenges ahead.
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Amokachi, expressed happiness at the response of the players to training, noting that in the past four days, it has been from about 30 per cent performance in training to almost 90 per cent, but warned that there was still more work to be done.
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Keshi will rejoin the team Friday.
Thirty players trained Thursday morning training amid tight security at the training pitch of the Abuja National Stadium.
Enyimba stars Uche Kalu and Markson Ojobo were the latest players to join the camp Thursday.