Super Eagles’ AFCON 2023 Camp in Abu Dhabi Comes Alive 

Kunle Adewale

A delegation of players and officials few out of Abuja yesterday afternoon to the Super Eagles camp in Abu Dhabi,  capital city of the United Arab Emirates, for a one-week uninterrupted training.

The delegation flew Egypt Air into the Middle East city via Cairo to begin preparations for the continental showpiece in Côte d’Ivoire 

Captain Ahmed Musa, Kenneth Omeruo and Olorunleke Ojo were the players who flew out from Abuja, while some others took off from Lagos.

Some of the players on the final squad will also arrive in Dubai directly from their respective bases today for the camp to take off fully.

Samuel Chukwueze, for one, will join up today after the NFF accepted a requested from his Italian club AC Milan that he features in yesterday’s Coppa Italia tie against Cagliari.

The team will train in Abu Dhabi for about a week before they returned to Nigeria enroute to the AFCON in Cote d’Ivoire.

Coach Jose Peseiro did not reveal any plans for a friendly match during the team’s stay in the UAE.

The team will fly back to Lagos on Tuesday 9th January, and then fly into the Ivorian capital, Abidjan on Wednesday, 10thJanuary.

The Super Eagles, in their quest for a fourth continental title, will take on Equatorial Guinea on Sunday, 14thJanuaryin their first match of Group A, before further clashes with host nation Cote d’Ivoire (18th January) and Guinea Bissau (22ndJanuary).