The Super Eagles arrived Kigali, Rwanda, on Saturday, for their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying fixture against the Warriors of Zimbabwe on Sunday.
The delegation of players and officials travelled to East Africa aboard a chartered aircraft that departed from the Victor Attah International Airport Friday night and is expected to touch down in Kigali at dawn, before a two-hour road trip to Butare, the city where the match venue is located.
The 20,000-capacity Huye Stadium in Butare has an artificial turf but the Eagles have voiced a collective decision not to be bothered about the playing turf as they seek the maximum three points.
After a 1-1 draw with Lesotho’s Crocodiles in Uyo on Thursday evening, coach Jose Peseiro vowed to face the remaining nine matches of the qualification series with a much stronger mentality, promising victory in each match.
Zimbabwe’s Warriors, who clashed with Rwanda’s Amavubi in their own Day 1 fixture which ended goalless have been training on the artificial turf of the Huye Stadium since arriving in Rwanda at the weekend, and faced the home team on the same turf.
The Super Eagles and the Warriors begins at 3pm Rwanda time. Victory on Sunday will take the Super Eagles to four points with the campaign set to resume after the AFCON in 2024.
