Photos: Super Eagles arrive UK ahead of their friendly match against Italy

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will play a friendly game against European heavyweights, Italy, at Fulham’s Craven Cottage stadium in London today. They arrived in the UK yesterday, just a day after they beat Ethiopia to qualify for next year’s World Cup finals. See more photos after the cut...

Balotelli, Pirlo, Buffon: Italy announce 28-man squad to face Nigeria next week

AC Milan’s Mario Balotelli, Gianluigi Buffon and Andrea Pirlo, have all been included in Italy’s 28-man squad, which will face the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a friendly.
THE FULL SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Federico Marchetti (Lazio), Salvatore Sirigu (PSG/FRA).
Defenders: 
Ignazio Abate (AC Milan), Federico Balzaretti (AS Roma), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Christian Maggio (Napoli), Angelo Ogbonna (Juventus), Manuel Pasqual (Fiorentina), Andrea Ranocchia (Inter), Domenico Criscito (Zenit St Petersbourg/RUS).
Midfielders: