Ebuehi, Bazee get first call
up
Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr has listed goalkeeper Carl Ikeme, midfielder Ogenyi Onazi and forwards Ahmed Musa and Kelechi Iheanacho for this month’s international friendly matches against Senegal and Burkina Faso in London. But Skipper John Obi MIkel is conspiculoous by his absence in the list. Rohr did not give any explanation for the omission of the midfielder, who referred joined Tianjin Teda in the Chinese League.
Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr has listed goalkeeper Carl Ikeme, midfielder Ogenyi Onazi and forwards Ahmed Musa and Kelechi Iheanacho for this month’s international friendly matches against Senegal and Burkina Faso in London. But Skipper John Obi MIkel is conspiculoous by his absence in the list. Rohr did not give any explanation for the omission of the midfielder, who referred joined Tianjin Teda in the Chinese League.
But home–based goalkeeper
Ikechukwu Ezenwa, defenders Leon Balogun and William Ekong, midfielders Wilfred
Ndidi and Oghenekaro Etebo and forwards Victor Moses, Alex Iwobi and Moses
Simon are in the list.
Experienced left back Elderson
Echiejile, Portugal–based Chidozie Awaziem, Israel–based John Ogu and Watford
FC of England forward, Isaac Success are also called.
Germany–based forward Noah
Joel Bazee and Holland–based defender Tyronne Ebuehi will join up with the
squad for the first time, while youngster Victor Osimhen, record top scorer at
the FIFA U17 World Cup, returns.
The Super Eagles will be up against Senegal’s Teranga Lions on
Thursday, 23rd March before taking on the Etalons of Burkina Faso four days
later. Both matches will be played at The Hive, home ground of Barnet Football
Club.
The full list
Goalkeepers: Carl Ikeme (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England); Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United, South Africa); Ikechukwu Ezenwa (FC IfeanyiUbah)
Goalkeepers: Carl Ikeme (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England); Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United, South Africa); Ikechukwu Ezenwa (FC IfeanyiUbah)
Defenders: Leon Balogun (FSV Mainz 05, Germany); William Paul
Ekong (KAA Gent, Belgium); Kenneth Omeruo (Alanyaspor FC, Turkey); Uche Henry
Agbo (Granada FC, Spain); Abdullahi Shehu (Anorthosis Famagusta, Cyprus); Musa
Muhammed (FC Zeljeznicar, Bosnia Herzegovina); Tyronne Ebuehi (ADO Den Haag,
The Netherlands); Elderson Echiejile (Sporting Gijon, Spain); Kingsley Madu
(Zulte Waregem, Belgium); Chidozie Awaziem (FC Porto, Portugal)
Midfielders: Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor FC, Turkey); Wilfred Ndidi
(Leicester City, England); Oghenekaro Etebo (CD Feirense, Portugal); John Ogu
(Hapoel Be’er Sheva, Israel)
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Leicester City, England); Kelechi Iheanacho
(Manchester City, England); Moses Simon (KAA Gent, Belgium); Victor Moses
(Chelsea FC, England); Alex Iwobi (Arsenal FC, England); Isaac Success (Watford
FC, England); Noah Joel Bazee (Hannover 96, Germany); Victor Osimhen (Wolfsburg
FC, Germany).
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