The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that the Super Eagles will face Egypt in an international friendly scheduled for December 16 ahead of next month’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
The highly anticipated warm-up match, earlier fixed for Sunday, 14 December in Cairo, will now be held on Tuesday, 16 December.
The shift became necessary after FIFA ruled that clubs are not obliged to release players for AFCON duty until Monday, 15 December, a decision that affected several participating teams, including Nigeria and Egypt, who were banking on the previous regulation.
With the new directive, both federations agreed to move the fixture by 48 hours to ensure the availability of all invited players.
NFF officials also confirmed that the game will now be treated strictly as a practice match, allowing both sides to make unlimited substitutions instead of the usual five.
This adjustment, the federation said, will help both technical crews test larger portions of their provisional squads before final selection.
The match will kick off at 8 p.m. local time in Cairo (7 p.m. Nigeria time) at the Cairo International Stadium.
