March 26 (Reuters) -
Nigeria’s friendly against Burkina Faso in London on Monday has been
called off because seven of the Burkinabe players were unable to secure
visas to Britain.
“The match in question is called off due to no fault of either
the organizers or the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF),” said NFF
technical committee chairman Chris Green.
“The Burkinabe Football Federation on Friday telephoned the
match organizers to say some of their players and officials were unable
to secure entry visas into the United Kingdom and therefore would not be
able to honour the match.”
The match was scheduled for Barnet's Hive Stadium where Nigeria and Senegal drew 1-1 in another friendly on Thursday.
Both countries were using the game to prepare for the start of
the 2019 African Nations Cup qualifiers in June and the resumption of
the 2018 World Cup qualifying competition in August. (Reporting by
Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Toby Davis).
source:Reuters Africa
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