Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has expressed satisfaction with the choice of Kaduna for Nigeria’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Le Sao of Chad.
The game, which is billed for the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in the Northern city of Kaduna, comes up on June 13, and is Nigeria’s opening fixture in the race for the Gabon 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
And speaking in a radio interview, the 53-year said he is satisfied with the choice of Kaduna as venue for the game.
“Kaduna is good, we’ve been there before,” he said. “Kaduna is okay and the people of Kaduna are very friendly and of course it is a part of Nigeria.
“They are always behind the team one hundred percent and they support us to the last whistle and it will be fun to play in Kaduna,” he said.
The former Super Eagles captain however said he would have preferred to play in Lagos instead, if it were possible.
“The National Stadium in Lagos is for me, is the most exciting place to play football because of the crowd and everything and it’s awesome,” he concluded.
The game in Kaduna will not be Keshi’s first in the Crock City, as his second game in charge of the Super Eagles – a friendly against Zambia – was played in Kaduna.
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