• Flying Eagles Off To Cairo On Two– Match Tour
Locally situated Super Eagles mentor Salisu Yusuf clarified yesterday why Torino midfielder Joel Obi was picked in front of Eddy Onazi for the friendly amongst Poland and Nigeria at the Municipal Stadium in Wrocław.
Yusuf called attention to that Obi making the beginning line-up had close to nothing or nothing to do with his execution in preparing, and included that the specialized team picked him since they need to see regardless of whether he can adjust to Rohr’s framework in front of the 2018 World Cup.
”We have a few players that we need to see that did not play in the World Cup qualifiers, ” Yusuf told allnigeriasoccer.com just before the players and authorities left for the stadium for the diversion yesterday.
”We definitely know Onazi, he has played such a significant number of recreations for us. We need to see whether Joel Obi can adjust to our arrangement of play.
The 26-year-old Joel Obi last played for the national group in a pre-World Cup friendly against Scotland on May 28, 2014.
Then, Nigeria’s U-20 young men, Flying Eagles, will today travel to Cairo for a two – coordinate voyage through Egypt as a component of the group’s arrangements for the qualifying arrangement of the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.
Head Coach, Paul Aigbogun will lead the new gathering that is being assembled with the command not exclusively to restore the Flying Eagles to the Africa U-20 finals which they missed a year ago, yet additionally to meet all requirements for the FIFA World Cup and go one superior to anything the Class of 1989 and Class of 2005 that won the silver awards.
The trio of Elkanemi Warriors’ Nur Mohammed, Ikouwem Utin of Enyimba FC and Plateau United’s Eneji Moses, who awed with the Super Eagles B at the African Nations Championship in Morocco prior in the year, are in the 23 – man squad that will confront the Junior Pharaohs.
Kano Pillars’ Nazifi Yahaya, Nasarawa United’s Douglas Achiv and Akwa United’s pair of Duarw Nuhu and Adeshina Gata are likewise in the unexpected.
Group Administrator Aliyu Ibrahim Lawal told thenff.com that the Flying Eagles would go up against the Junior Pharaohs on Tuesday, 27th March and Thursday, 29th March, with both matches to hold in Alexandria.
