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Sunday's
match is the first game in the group stages for qualification for Russia 2018 AFP
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Nigeria's football team
will arrive just 22 hours before their 2018 World Cup qualifier against Zambia
after being delayed because of financial problems.
BBC
Africa Sport report continues:
The
players were supposed to leave the country today.
They
are now expected to land in Zambia on Saturday afternoon, and
only train once before facing Zambia on Sunday.
Amaju
Pinnick, the head of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), told the
sports committee of Nigeria's senate that the NFF had difficulty paying
for a charter flight and accommodation.
The
NFF boss also confirmed that the country's Europe-based players were ordered to
buy their own flight tickets and fly economy to join the training camp in
Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
In August, Nigeria's Olympic team only arrived hours before their first match because of transport difficulties.
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