{"id":67190,"date":"2025-06-03T10:38:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T10:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67190"},"modified":"2025-06-03T10:38:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T10:38:41","slug":"nigeria-to-face-russia-in-friendly-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/03\/nigeria-to-face-russia-in-friendly-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria to Face Russia in Friendly Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Super Eagles of Nigeria are set to face Russia in a high-profile international friendly match slated for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The fixture, being arranged by FIFA-licensed match agent Jairo Pach\u00f3n, is already generating excitement among football fans.<\/p>\n<p>Although the exact date and venue are yet to be confirmed, sources indicate that the match may be scheduled for the latter part of the year, pending final arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the first-ever senior-level meeting between Nigeria and Russia, offering a rare and strategic opportunity for both sides to test their strengths against unfamiliar opposition.<\/p>\n<p>With the Super Eagles preparing for the crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers during the international windows in 2025, the friendly is expected to serve as a valuable tune-up ahead of competitive action.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the match, Pach\u00f3n remarked: \u201cThis is about as good as it gets,\u201d emphasizing the significance of the fixture in terms of global football relations and technical development for both teams.<\/p>\n<p>As preparations continue, fans can look forward to an exciting and historic clash between two dynamic football nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke The Super Eagles of Nigeria are set to face Russia in a high-profile international friendly match slated for 2025. The fixture, being arranged by FIFA-licensed match agent Jairo Pach\u00f3n, is already generating excitement among football fans. Although the exact date and venue are yet to be confirmed, sources indicate that the match [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":67191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67192,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67190\/revisions\/67192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}