Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi
Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, who returned from the World Cup play-off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with hope of Nigeria qualifying for Brazil 2014 yesterday invited 28 players from the domestic Glo Premier League to report to camp ahead of the international friendly with the national team of Jordan. The match is billed for the Jordanian capital, Amman, on October 28.
While Jordan will use the match to prepare for their 2014 FIFA World Cup play-off fixture against the fifth-placed team in the South American campaign (likely to be Uruguay), Keshi will have another look at his squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship (CHAN) taking place in South Africa in January.
The former Togo and Mali gaffer is aiming for a double in the continent. After winning the Africa Cup of Nations last February, Keshi is hoping to Mandela’s country to lift the CHAN trophy Nigeria has never won since its introduction.
The match with the Jordanian is the first in a long list of international games that the Nigeria Football Federation is putting together for the home boys ahead of their campaign in the Rainbow Nation.
Invited are three goalkeepers, eight defenders, nine midfielders and eight strikers. Former ‘A’ team regular Ejike Uzoenyi, back home from a stint in France, is a pleasant surprise on the list.
Predictably, top of Keshi’s list are the five members of his ‘A’ squad, namely goalkeeper Chigozie Agbim, defenders Azubuike Egwuekwe, Solomon Kwambe and Benjamin Francis, and midfielder Sunday Mba. There are also other Team ‘B’ regulars like goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi, defenders Ebenezer Odunlami and Umar Zango, midfielder Etebo Oghene and forwards Miuhammad Gambo, Ifeanyi Edeh, Osadiaye Joseph and Ezekiel Mbah.
Team officials have advised all invited 28 players to arrive at the team’s Bolton White Apartments abode in Abuja tomorrow with their international passports, as visa processing for the trip will commence on Friday, October 18.
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