Rohr disappointed by Burkina Faso no-show

Rohr disappointed by Burkina Faso no-show

by Joseph Anthony
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Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr is disappointed his team will no longer play a second friendly in London against Burkina Faso as the team still plan to break training camp on Tuesday.

Arrangements are however on to pitch the Super eagles against a Premiership side in place of the botched Burkina Faso match.

Nigeria played out a 1-1 draw with Senegal Thursday night in London.

โ€œRohr was disappointed his team will not play a second friendly in London,โ€ an official informed SCORENigeria

The Super Eaglesโ€™ second international friendly, against Burkina Faso in London scheduled for Monday was cancelled, after seven players in the Burkinabe contingent failed to secure entry visas into the United Kingdom.

โ€œThe match in question is called off due to no fault of either the organizers or the Nigeria Football Federation. We will announce further plans for the Super Eaglesโ€™ preparation for these two important qualifying campaigns in due course.โ€

There is no British Embassy in Ouagadougou, and officials of the Federation Burkinabe de Football had been shuttling between Accra and Ouagadougou for visa processing. FBF sources said the Embassy in Accra told them last week to proceed to Morocco (where the Etalons played the Atlas Lions on Friday) and that the visas would be issued there.

However, the applications were still pending at the British Embassy in Morocco as at close of work on Friday, the last working day before match day in London.

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