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Super Eagles caput manager Éric Chelle says the affable against Portugal is an accidental for his squad to trial themselves against 1 of the champion teams successful the world.
Wednesday’s brushwood is slated for the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa successful Leiria.
It volition beryllium Portugal’s past affable earlier they question to Miami for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Portugal person immoderate of the world’s champion players successful their ranks and volition beryllium a pugnacious absorption for the Super Eagles, who are unbeaten successful their past six games.
Chelle stated that facing imaginable satellite champions would beryllium a bully acquisition for his team.
“We play against a large team. Normally, this squad tin beryllium the adjacent satellite champions. There are galore large players successful the team, truthful we are precise blessed to person this accidental to play against them. This is simply a large crippled for them and for us,” Éric Chelle said astatine the pre-match property conference.
The Super Eagles mislaid 4-0 to Portugal successful their first-ever gathering successful 2022.
Chelle said his absorption is not connected what happened successful the past.
“Now I person to enactment focused connected my players, connected the doctrine and the mode we privation to play this game. This is not a question astir the result. We played 3 years agone and we lost. This is not a question astir that,” added the Malian.
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