Nigeria’s friendly against England sealed to hold in Wembley
England will play Nigeria at Wembley and Costa Rica at Elland Road in their final friendly matches ahead of this summer's World Cup.
England will face Costa Rica in their final World Cup warm-up game in June, sources have told ESPN FC, after Gareth Southgate handpicked the Central American nation as flawless preparation for the Russian Federation 2018 clash against Panama in Nizhny Novgorod.
Before games against Nigeria and Costa Rica, England will play Netherlands and Italy in March.
England will prepare for the World Cup with friendlies against Nigeria and Costa Rica before flying to Russian Federation.
Southgate says "we want to expose the team to different styles and different experiences".
England will conclude pool play against Group G top seeds Belgium on Jun 28.
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The match will be only the third between both countries at senior level, and will serve as the Super Eagles' final preparatory game for the FIFA World Cup finals in Russian Federation.
Gernot Rohr's side started their World Cup preparation on a high after handing a 4-2 defeat to La Albiceleste in November.
Their World Cup campaign begins against Tunisia in Volgograd on June 18.
Speaking about the two games, England's manager, Gareth Southgate, said, "We are going into a World Cup where we will play African and Central American opposition, so we get that with the games against Nigeria and Costa Rica".
He disclosed that there are other matches and programmes for the team and that the entire plan for the matches, camping sites and training camps would soon be rolled out.
The NFF 1st Vice-President Seyi Akinwunmi said the Federation was happy with the development.
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