Super Eagles will play Bolivia in Uyo in a friendly game- NFF

Babalola Tomiwa

As part of the Nigeria Football Federation's quest to rebuilding the the Super Eagles, the country's football ruling body has announced that Bolivia replace Brazil in an international friendly scheduled to hold at the Akwa Ibom Stadium on March 26.

The Brazilian FA earlier in the year cancelled Nigeria's invitation to play one of last year's world cup semi finalist, the Selecao in a Fifa international friendlyin March, opting for Chile instead.

“We have had to work at a pace to seal agreement for this match, after the Brazilian Football Federation opted out at the last hour,” Pinnick said via a statement released on Friday.

“However, we believe that the Bolivia team will give the Super Eagles a good match, as we continue to work on a second match for the Eagles for either 29th March."

The NFF, through its president, reiterates its commitment to put the Super Eagles where it belongs as they plans to write another set of quality teams to engage the Eagles in all the international breaks this year.

The football house is looking towards tying up a friendly game with an African country away from Nigeria as there will be restriction of movement during the election period.

“The NFF is committed to ensuring that the Super Eagles are occupied on every Fifa window, with quality games,” Amaju added.

The Super Eagles' last international game was last month when a home-based side with a sprinkling of foreign-based players beat Yemen 2-0 in Dubai.