The Super Eagles were mobbed as their chartered plane landed Addis Ababa they could not even their self as airport security came out in hundreds to stop the mob, the City that will host the crunch World Cup qualifier between the African Champions and the Walya Antelopes.
The fans, who will come out in their thousands today, to try and be the 12th man for their side, put all patriotism aside, as they openly admired the Nigerian team that is chocked full of European stars. The reports further stated that John Obi Mikel, who has won two European trophies in the past two years with English Premiership side Chelsea, was one of the main focal points.
The Nigerian national team won their first ever Nations Cup medal in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, in 1976 when the Green Eagles, as the team was then known, came home with the Bronze medal.
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