England manager, Gareth Southgate, have confirmed the friendly match fixture between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Three Lions of England, which is scheduled to hold on the 2nd of June 2018 as both teams prepare for the 2018 World Cup tournament.
Speaking with BBC SPORT, Southgate said “We’re going into a World Cup where we will play African and Central American opposition, so we get that with the games against Nigeria and Costa Rica, but it’s not just about the games we’ve got in the group but hopefully beyond that as well. We want to expose the team to different styles and different experiences.”
This will be the third meeting between the two giants as England defeated Nigeria 1-0 when both teams first met in a friendly match in November 1994. Both teams settled for a goalless draw when Nigeria faced England in the 2002 Korea Japan world cup.
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