The prospect of renewing the Super Eagles vs Indomitable Lions rivalry has proved insufficient to salvage a hastily thrown-together pair of friendlies
For all that no meeting on a football pitch of Cameroon and Nigeria can ever truly be regarded as 'friendly', Friday’s match between the rival neighbours has a very distinct lack of edge.
There are a number of factors to which this can be chalked up, of course.
The first, and most obvious, is that this is not a match that should be happening at all: Caf qualifying for next year’s World Cup, which was originally slated to begin in June, was abruptly moved back on account of Covid complications.