Head Coach Imama Amapakabo has picked team
captain Azubuike Okechukwu, forwards Stephen Odey and Taiwo Awoniyi and 15
other players for Thursday’s U23 AFCON final round qualifying, first leg battle
against Sudan in Omdurman.
The delegation
of 18 players and 12 officials departed the shores of Nigeria from the Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja aboard an Ethiopian Airline flight on
Tuesday afternoon.
Africa’s first
–ever winners of the Olympic men’s football gold, the Olympic Eagles are
scheduled to play their first leg of the final round of the U23
AFCON qualifiers against the Sudanese on Thursday at the Al Merriekh Stadium in
Omdurman.
Amapakabo and
his lieutenants have been taking the team through training sessions and general
build –up programme for several weeks at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The return leg is billed for the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba on
Tuesday next week.
The Confederation
of African Football has picked officials from Djibouti to take charge of
proceedings on Thursday, with Souleiman Ahmad Djama as the referee.
His compatriots Farhan
Bogoreh Salime, Rachid Waiss Bouraleh and Saddam Houssein Mansour will serve as
assistant referee 1, assistant referee 2 and fourth official respectively.
Mr. Herbert
George Mwachiro from Kenya will be the match commissioner.
THE FULL LIST:
Abubakar Adamu,
Agbor Ekoi, Nda Olisa, Stephen Manyo, John Lazarus, Ebube Duru, Collins Ogbodo,
Azubuike Okechukwu, Fatai Gbadamosi, Sunday Adetunji, Blessing Muyiwa, Ndifreke
Effiong, Taiwo Awoniyi, Onyeka Ogochukwu, Sunusi Ibrahim, Sunday Faleye,
Stephen Odey, Etboy Akpan
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