AFCON: Osimhen Returns As Eguavoen Invites 23 For Benin, Rwanda Games
The interim coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Augustine Eguavoen, has invited 23 players for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin Republic and Rwanda.
Among the players listed for the games is Galatasaray’s star striker, Victor Osimhen, who was absent in the last game against Libya due to injury.
In Galatasaray’s 3-0 victory away at Antalyaspor in the Turkish Super Lig on October 19, he returned from injury and scored the game’s goal.
Osimhen also scored the winning goal in Galatasaray’s derby match on October 28 against Besiktas.
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Real Sociedad’s Umar Sadiq is also playing for the Super Eagles after a while away.
The final round of qualifying for the AFCON in Morocco will be held in Benin and Rwanda in 2019.
Match-day 5 clash with Benin Republic at the Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny on Nov. 14 will kick off at 8 p. m. Nigeria time, while the matchday 6 encounter with Rwanda will take place at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo on Nov. 18.
After CAF gave Nigeria 3 goals and 3 points for the abandoned match against Lybia, the group leader of the qualifiers has 10 points ahead of them with two games left.
After spending half of a day in a far-off place in Libya, the Eagles decided to boycott the game.
As the players and officials prepared to celebrate their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier with the Mediterranean Knights, they were stranded for hours at a Libyan airport and denied access to food and the internet.
The team’s exit from Libya took diplomatic efforts and social media appeals.
See below for a complete list of players:
Source: Channels TV
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