Tuesday ahead of the dead-rubber Africa Cup of Nations
Qualifier, NairaSpring has gathered
However, home–based players like Emmanuel Daniel,
Ikechukwu Ezenwa (goalkeepers) and Jamiu Alimi (defender)
are expected in Uyo on Monday alongside a number of overseas
–based players, including defender William Troost-Ekong and
forwardOdion Ighalo.
Both the Super Eagles and Taifa Stars have little other than pride
tobattle for in Saturday’s game, as Egypt’s Pharaohs have
already picked the lone ticket from the group to Gabon. But the
Eagles and their new Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr will use the
match as a rehearsal for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
Series Matchday 1 clash with Zambia in Ndola on 8th October.
The result at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium on Saturday
will not count, but the outcome of the encounter at the Levy
Nwanawasa Stadium in Ndola five weeks later will set the tone
for the Super Eagles’ World Cup qualifying campaign.
Team officials confirmed to thenff.com on Sunday that Franco-
German Rohr, who keenly followed Nigeria’s campaign at the
Rio 2016 Olympics and travelled to Spain to see the country’s
domestic stars in a couple of friendly matches against Spanish
La Liga sides, willalso be in Uyo on Monday.
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