The Super Eagles have already sealed their place in Ivory Coast, but they still have one game to play in the qualifiers
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will open camp for their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sao Tome and Principe on September 4th in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Soccernet reports.
Nigeria already qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations after they defeated Sierra Leone 3-2 in the last game of the qualifiers at the SKD Stadium in Monrovia. They have 12 points from five games and are closely followed by Guinea-Bissau, who have ten. Sierra Leone have five, while Sao Tome and Principe have just one.
The three-time African champions would be looking to end the qualifiers on a high and ensure they finish on top of Group A. But they would have to defeat Sao Tome and Principe.
The two teams meet at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on September 10th. Ahead of the game, the Guardian reports that Nigeria will open their camp on the 4th of September.
The Super Eagles put ten past Sao Tome and Principe when both teams met in the first leg last year, and a similar result is expected this time, considering the kind of firepower at coach Jose Peseiro's disposal.
NIGERIANS ARE DESPERATELY AWAITING NEW PLAYERS TO PROSECUTE THE LAST AFCON QUALIFIER.
THE LIKE OF IRREGULAR, INCONSISTENT, BENCH-WARMER PLAYERS SHOULD BE RESTED THIS TIME AROUND. THE LIKE OF MUSA, ARIBO, IHEANACHO, ONUACHU, OMERUO, ONYEKA, should give chance to new players to be tested
1. ADELEYE– – S.OSIGWE
2. EBUEHI– – OSAYI
3. BRUNO-ONYEMAECHI—JORDAN-
TORUNARIGHA
4. ONYEDIKA —ALHASSAN
5. AWAZIEM—AJAYI
6. AKPOGUMA—–TROOST
7. CHUKWUEZE—-BONIFACE
8. AKPOM- — G.ORBAN
9. DESSERS — OSIMHEN (Captain)
10. IWOBI- —- EJARIA
11. LOOKMAN — EJUKE
*** FOR ABOUT THE INVITATION OF HOMEBASE PLAYERS, we should not be deceiving ourselves about them(homebase) because none of the homebase players are READY to GIVE STIFF COMPETITION against the foreign professionals. NFF should be inviting homebase players for CHAN COMPETITION/QUALIFIER to prove themselves. THEN ANY HOMEBASE PLAYERS CLAIMING THAT HE IS GOOD TO BE IN SUPER EAGLE setting, SHOULD PROVE IMPROVE IN CHAN COMPETITION/QUALIFIER.
*** BUT WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE INVITATION OF NEW FOREIGN BASE CONSISTENT PLAYERS LIKE ADEBAYO- ADELEYE, S.OSIGWE, EBUEHI, OSAYI, JORDAN-TORUNARIGHA, BRUNO-ONYEMAECHI, ONYEDIKA, ALHASSAN, GIFT–ORBAN, AKPOM, DESSERS,. BONIFACE, EJARIA, EJUKE: ANY OF THESE PLAYERS, FOR SURE , CAN RIVAL OR GIVE A STIFF COMPETITION FOR INCUMBENT PLAYERS FOR SHIRT/POSITION..
FOR INSTANCE: It is very certain that
@ ADELEYE , OSIGWE can rival IZOHO, OKOYE for super eagle number one shirt.
@ EBUEHI, OSAYI can rival AINA for no. 2 position
@ JORDAN-TORUNARIGHA, BRUNO-ONYEMAECHI can rival ZAIDU, COLLINS, BASSEY for no. 3 position
@, ONYEDIKA, ALHASSAN can rival NDIDI, ONYEKA for no. 4 position
@ GIIT ORBAN, AKPOM, DESSERS, BONIFACE can rival ONUACHU, SADIQ, IHEANACHO, AWONIYI for no. 8 and 9 position
@ EJARIA, AMAO, OLISE, EJUKE can rival ARIBO, IWOBI, SIMON FOR no 10 and 11 position AND SO ON.
WE NEEDZ TO INVITE & GIVE CHANCES TO ALL THIS NEW PLAYERS to really know who can FIT-IN into Super eagle setting/position.