Eguavoen to drop 2 Super Eagles players for tough World Cup play-off against Ghana

Eguavoen to drop 2 Super Eagles players for tough World Cup play-off against Ghana

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:58 PM
  • Super Eagles coach Eguavoen would drop two players from the 25-man squad called for the clash against Ghana
  • Nigerians are expecting the Super Eagles players to perform wonderfully well in the coming two games against the Black Stars
  • The winners between these two nations depending on the aggregate scoreline will qualify for the 2022 World Cup

Two players are reportedly expected to be dropped from the 25-man Super Eagles squad called for this month's final 2022 FIFA World Cup play-off against Ghanaian national team.

This latest development means that only 23 players will travel to Ghana for the first encounter against the Black Stars which is expected to come on March 25 in Accra.

From this weekend, invited players are expected to be arriving the Super Eagles camp in Abuja where training will commence before the team will travel on March 23.

Augustine Eguavoen
Augustine Eguavoen speaking with the media. Photo by DANIEL BELOUMOU OLOMO
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According to the report on Punch, names of the players who will be dropped have not been made known when speaking with an official of the Super Eagles Eagles.

Super Eagles' team official's reaction

''Eguavoen is in charge of the team so, we hope to see the changes he will make in terms of personnel for the game in the coming days.
“We should not dwell much on the squad list because the important thing is that we have a crux of players that we will possibly work with.''

Osimhen on fire, scores brace for Napoli in big win over tough European giants

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Victor Osimhen was in fine form on Sunday evening, 13 March, as the Nigerian striker netted a brace for Italian giants Napoli in their 2-1 win over hosts Verona in a tough Serie A game.

The win for Victor Osimhen and his teammates helped them to reduce AC Milan's lead to three points on the Serie A table and Napoli players are now expected to fight for the title.

Napoli started this encounter against Verona impressively and they got their breakthrough in the 14th minute through Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen.

The former Lille star almost doubled the lead for Napoli four minutes after scoring, but the Super Eagles striker was unable to score as he was denied by Verona goalie Lorenzo Montipo.

Victor Osimhen scored his second goal for Napoli against Verona in the 71st minute, but the hosts pulled one back in the 77th minute through Davide Faraoni.

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