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AFCON Qualifier: Mikel, Moses Happy With Super Eagles Return

Super Eagles duo of Victor Moses and Mikel Obi have said that they feel delighted to back in the team for the dead rubber 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Taifa Stars of Tanzania on September 3 in Uyo.

Having failed to feature under former Eagles manager, Sunday Oliseh, the Chelsea star returned back to the team during the reign of coach Samson Siasia where the team drew 1-1 against Egypt at the Ahmadu Bello stadium in Kaduna before losing 1-0 in the reverse fixture in Alexanderia.

The former Wigan winger stated in his twitter handle on Wednesday that he felt so delighted to be among the players.

“Nice to be back with the lads #Nigeria.” Victor Moses ‏@VictorMoses

Also, Super Eagles midfielder and captain, Mikel Obi says he’s delighted to have Victor Moses back into the team for the match against Tanzania.

In his twitter handle, Mikel said: Good to be back with @NGSuperEagles and my man @VictorMoses #SuperEagles.” Mikel John Obi ‏@mikel_john_obi

This post was last modified on November 30, 2018 1:47 pm

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