- Title: JORDAN: FOOTBALL/SOCCER: Jordan and Nigeria prepare for friendly
- Date: 27th October 2013
- Summary: AMMAN, JORDAN (SATURDAY OCTOBER 26, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF JORDANIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM STANDING IN A CIRCLE AROUND THEIR COACH, HOSSAM HASSAN TEAM MEMBERS JOGGING ACROSS THE FIELD VARIOUS OF JORDAN PLAYERS STRETCHING VARIOUS OF SQUAD TRAINING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HOSSAM HASSAN, JORDAN TEAM COACH, SAYING "The Nigerian team is a strong team and they are participating in the same World Cup qualifiers and are preparing for the same conditions that we are preparing for. They have speed, strength and agility; they have similar skills to ours, but very different than the Latin American team, Uruguay. Part of the benefit is that, with some of the absences and injuries, we will see the skill of the replacements, also we will test physical and mental ability which we want to be sure of before the game" VARIOUS OF THE JORDAN TEAM TRAINING AMMAN, JORDAN (SUNDAY OCTOBER 27, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL TEAM TRAINING (SOUNDBITE) (English) STEPHEN KESHI, NIGERIAN NATIONAL TEAM COACH, SAYING: "It's good, it's good. Jordan is a good team I believe. If they were not a good team they would not be playing play-offs against Uruguay and with the coach they have, Hossam Hassan, he was a very good, very good player when he was playing and I also believe he is a very capable coach. So it's good, it's good experience for my team and for us" VARIOUS OF THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL TEAM TRAINING
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- Location: Jordan
- Country: Jordan
- Topics: Sports
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- Story Text: Jordan host Nigerian in Amman on Monday (October 28) i na friendly seen by both sides as a warm-up for possible 2014 world cup qualification.
On November 13, Jordan have an intercontinental play-off against the fifth-placed team in the South American campaign, Uruguay, in their attempt to ensure a spot in their first ever World Cup finals in Brazil next year.
Nigeria face Ethiopia in Calabar on November 16 in a world cup qualifier and are also gearing up to compete in the 2014 African Nations Championship, scheduled for January.
"The Nigerian team is a strong team and they are participating in the same World Cup qualifiers and are preparing for the same conditions that we are preparing for. They have speed, strength and agility; they have similar skills to ours, but very different than the Latin American team, Uruguay. Part of the benefit is that, with some of the absences and injuries, we will see the skill of the replacements, also we will test physical and mental ability which we want to be sure of before the game," Jordan's coach Hossam Hassan said at a training session on Saturday.
At the Nigerians' training session on Sunday, coach Stephen Keshi commented: "It's good, it's good. Jordan is a good team I believe. If they were not a good team they would not be playing play-offs with Uruguay and with the coach they have, Hossam Hassan, he was a very good player when he was playing. I believe he is also a very capable coach. It's a good experience for my team and for us." - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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