African champions, the Super Eagles will today know the opponents they will face in the group stage of the World Cup when the draw for the 2014 football spectacle is held today in Brazil.
The draw ceremony, which has generated a lot of interest given its huge significance to determine a team’s chance to progress to the knockout stage and ultimately World Cup glory, will be conducted by FIFA Secretary-General Jerome Valcke and will be broadcast live on free-to-air-channels in no fewer than 193 countries from 5pm Nigerian time.
The actual ceremony holds in Costa do Sauipe on Brazil’s Bahia coast. It lasts for 90 minutes.
Eagles like other African teams that qualified for the tournament, are in Pot 2, alongside South American sides Chile and Ecuadoar.
– See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/d-day-eagles/#sthash.NEoyVu4i.dpu
