Super Eagles camp opens monday, ahead of Tanzania's clash

Nigeria’s senior men’s squad, Super Eagles. will open
camp in Uyo, capital of Akwa Ibom State on Monday for
Saturday’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match
against Tanzania.
NFF Deputy General Secretary, Dr. Emmanuel Ikpeme
arrived in the Akwa Ibom State capital on Friday as a
one-man advance party, ahead of the team’s assistant
coaches and backroom staff due in town on Monday
morning.
Home –boys Emmanuel Daniel, Ikechukwu Ezenwa
(goalkeepers) and Jamiu Alimi (defender) are also
expected in Uyo on Monday alongside a number of
overseas –based professionals, including defender
William Troost-Ekong and forward Odion Ighalo.
Team captain Mikel John Obi, fresh from leading the
Nigeria U23 to Olympic bronze in Brazil, is expected to
arrive at the team’s Le Meridien Hotel on Tuesday.
Both the Super Eagles and Taifa Stars have little other
than pride to battle 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, will
also be in Uyo on Monday.
FULL LIST:
Goalkeepers : Carl Ikeme (Wolverhampton Wanderers,
England); Emmanuel Daniel (Enugu Rangers);
Ikechukwu Ezenwa (FC IfeanyiUbah)
Defenders : Leon Balogun (FSV Mainz 05, Germany);
William Troost-Ekong (Haugesund FC, Norway);
Chidozie Awaziem (FC Porto, Portugal); Jamiu Alimi
(Kano Pillars); Abdullahi Shehu (Uniao da Madeira,
Portugal); Musa Muhammed (Istanbul Basaksehir,
Turkey); Elderson Echiejile (AS Monaco, France),
Kingsley Madu (AS Trencin, Slovakia)
Midfielders : Mikel John Obi (Chelsea FC, England);
Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor, Turkey); Wilfred Ndidi (KRC
Genk, Belgium); Nosa Igiebor (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel)
Forwards : Ahmed Musa (Leicester City, England);
Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City, England); Moses
Simon (KAA Gent, Belgium); Victor Moses (Chelsea FC,
England); Imoh Ezekiel (Al-Arabi Sporting Club, Qatar),
Odion Ighalo (Watford FC, England); Brown Ideye
(Olympiacos FC, Greece); Victor Osimhen (Wolfsburg
FC, Germany)