Super Eagles of Nigeria will face Catalonia in a pre-Afcon friendly game today.
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The game which will take place in Espanyol Cornelia-El Prat Stadium, will be the second time both teams will confront each other at any level.
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In their first meeting in 1998, Nigeria was thrashed 5 goals to nil (Omo they no pity us at all o).
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Will revenge be uppermost in the minds of Stephen Keshi's men?
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'' What happened in 1998 is totally different from now. Our intention towards the game is different '', Keshi told supersport.com before leaving Nigeria with his team to their pre-African Cup of Nations camp in Faro, Portugal.
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'' It is a test game for the boys and we want to see some of them in a match situation. And it's going to be a good test against a side with quality and top footballers ''.
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The Nigerian squad will have a blend of overseas and local players for the tie.
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But Keshi and his footballers will come up against eight of FC Barcelona's current squad called up by Catalonia honorary coach Johan Cryuff (Na die be dis o).
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The likely names from Barca are :
Victor Valdes
Gerrard Pique
Cares Puyol
Jordi Alba
Sergio Bosquets
Xavi Hernandez
and Cristian Tello.