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Monday, 18 November 2013
preview Nigeria vs Italy. Time : 8:45pm
Goals from Victor Moses and Victor Obinna
sealed a 4-1 aggregate victory, ensuring
that the Africa Cup of Nations holders
would qualify for their fifth finals in their
last six attempts.
The win capped an excellent qualifying
campaign for Stephen Keshi's side, who
went unbeaten throughout their eight
matches.
Victory against Italy would put the seal on a
successful 2013, following on from
February's triumph over Burkina Faso in
the ACN final.
Defender Godfrey Oboabona was taken off
on a stretcher 10 minutes into the second
half of Saturday's game and could be a
doubt for the trip to London.
They face an Italy side who were equally
impressive in qualifying, as Cesare
Prandelli's outfit also went unbeaten with
six wins and four draws from their 10
fixtures in Group B of the European
section.
Italy were given a stern test on Friday by
Germany, who went in front at San Siro
through Mats Hummels before AC Milan
right-back Ignazio Abate earned his side a
1-1 draw to maintain Italy's record of
having not lost to the Germans since 1995.
Prandelli will be without Juventus defender
Andrea Barzagli, who limped out of Friday's
clash with a thigh injury and has returned
to his club.
After the draw with Germany, Prandelli said
he plans to use Monday's game as a
chance to rotate his squad.
"This team can certainly improve and we've
got to focus on having the right fitness
levels in Brazil," he said.
"We now have two days to recover and the
plan is to put out an entirely new team in
the next game."
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