By Daily Sports Nigeria on September 9, 2022

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal will on November 17, 2022, play an international friendly against Super Eagles of Nigeria.

It was gathered that Nigeria Football Federation and Federacao Portugal de Futebol have signed a formal agreement for the clash billed for the Estadio Jose Alvalade in Lisbon.

The Super Eagles have won the Africa Cup of Nations on there occasions while Ronaldo captained Portugal won her first continental trophy [ Euro Championship ]in France in 2016, defeating host France 1-0 after extra time at the Stade de France. As hosts, A Selecao lost the Euro Championship final to Greece in 2004.

The match with Portugal will be the first clash at senior men level for both countries, though last year summer, the Super Falcons and Senior Women team of Portugal fought out a thrilling 3-3 draw in the USWNT summer series in Houston, Texas, USA.

It can also be recalled that in 1989, Portugal’s U20 boys defeated Nigeria’s U20 boys 2-0 in the final of the FIFA World Youth Championship [now FIFA U-20 World Cup finals] in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Estadio Jose Alvalade is a natural grass facility that holds 50,000 spectators, and is home venue for Sporting Clube de Portugal. The facility is named after Jose Alvalade, the founder and first club member of Sporting CP who died in 1918. The stadium was opened in August 2003.

Portugal will be led by five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo, easily one of the best footballers the world has ever seen, while the Super Eagles will be led at the fore by Italy-based forward Victor Osimehn, growing to be one of the most lethal strikers in world football.

Source Sporting Sun

Posted September 9, 2022

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