Eagles plays final warm-up game against SC Farense

Eagles in training in Abuja recently 

Super Eagles of Nigeria will on Tuesday play its final Nations Cup warm-up friendly match against SC Farense, a third division side in Portugal.

The match will be played at Estadio Algarve, home ground of the Portuguese team and the venue of the warm up friendly match between Eagles and Nations Cup-bound, Blue Sharks of Cape Verde.   

Our correspondent gathered that what the Nigerian team would like in its first Nations Cup match against Stallions of Burkina Faso will be revealed in this match.

Newsblitzz further gathered that the Eagles' technical crew which has been working all this while, will field its team against Farense to take a last minute look at the strategies before the team departs Faro for South Africa on January 16.

Meanwhile, Eagles' media officer, Ben Alaiya has disclosed that Kano Pillars' Gabriel Reuben that had been sick with chicken pox is back to full fitness. He revealed that Reuben was 100 percent fit.

Alaiya's revelation was backed by a source close to the team, who revealed that Gabriel played in the match against Rotterdam because he was fit.

"I can tell you that Reuben is quite all right," the source said.

The Eagles defeated Sparta Rotterdam 1-0 on Saturday at its Faro training ground. The only goal of the encounter was scored by Emmanuel Emenike from an Ahmed Musa cross.