Keshi Hides Start List Super Eagles interim head coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi is keeping his start list for Saturday’s crunch game against Sudan close to his chest, as the Nigerian national team’s gaffer says he will only make his choices known few hours to kick-off in Khartoum. SportsDay got a brickwall when we put a call through to the Eagles’ camp in Khartoum on Friday evening, as officials insisted they cannot comment on the likely line-up Nigeria will emerge with from the crunch encounter that would go a long way towards deciding if the team will qualify for a defence of the AFCON title they won last year in South Africa. While one of the officials did confirm that the match will begin 6pm Nigeria time, further enquiries about details of the team’s training regime and tactical build-up were faced with a rebuttal. However, even as Keshi is keeping his starting 11 close to his chest, SportsDay’s checks revealed that many familiar faces will line out from the first blast of the whistle, as The Big Boss is not likely to take another gamble with greenhorns, like he did against Congo Republic. The presence of Ramon Azeez and Uchenna Nwofor in the starting squad against The Red Devils at UJ Esuene Stadium, Calabar was adduced as a major reason why the Eagles could not gain proper rhythm in the encounter. The Eagles eventually lost that game 3-2, marking their first home defeat in 13 years, such that Keshi is eager to avoid a repeat and SportsDay gathered that he very likely to repose more confidence in his regular achievers this time out. One player, though, appears to have achieved a standout impact among the new invitees, as additional feelers from Khartoum indicate that China-based attacker, Aaron Samuel might make a surprise start on Saturday. EAGLES’ LIKE 11 1.Vincewnt Enyeama 2. Efe Ambrose 3. Elderson Echijiloe 4. Ogenyi Onazi 5. Kenneth Omeruo 6. Godfrey Oboabona 7. Ahmed Musa 8. Nosa Igiebor 9. Emmanuel Emenike 10. Mikel Obi 11. Aaron Samuel
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:26:10 +0000
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