Nigeria will play Italy in a friendly in London on November 18, officials have announced.
The African champions plan to begin in earnest their preparations for the 2014 World Cup and this match will be one of such warm-up games.
Both teams last clashed at a Round of 16 1994 World Cup with the Azzuris running away 2-1 winners in dramatic fashion.
In a statement in Addis Ababa on Sunday, moments after the Super Eagles secured a 2-1 win over Ethiopia to put a firm leg in the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and their match agent, Jairo Pachon of Eurodata Sport, announced: “We are pleased to confirm a top international friendly match, against world’s number four, Italy, on the 18th November, 2013 at Fulham’s Craven Cottage.
“The match will kick off at 7.45pm.”
This game will be two days after the Eagles have hosted Ethiopia in the return leg World Cup playoff in Calabar.
