Kano Pillars top striker, Gambo Mohammed, has been dropped from the final list of eighteen home based Super Eagles ahead of Saturday’s second leg, final round of the African Nations Championship, CHAN, qualifier against Cote D’Ivoire in Abidjan.
Mohammed's exclusion was due to a muscle tear he copped on Monday during the team’s routine training session.
Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, said it would take Gambo at least six weeks to recover from the tear and regretted missing him in the return leg duel against the Ivoiriens.
To this end, the Kano Pillars striker had since been replaced by Warri Wolves Etebor Oghenekaro as Alhaji Gero of Rangers International are expected to battle it out with Ifeanyi Ede, who showed flashes of competence in the team’s last test game against TEAP Fc of Abuja.
However, Super Eagles regulars Sunday Mba, Godfrey Oboabona, Azubuike Egwuekwe, Chigozie Agbim and Daniel Akpeyi were the highlight of the 18 man list released for the match.
The team is expected to depart Lagos on Thursday and arrive Abidjan at noon on time for a training session to ginger the team for the crucial match against the Elephants.
The full list of the 18 players for the Abidjan
trip is as
follows: Chigozie Agbim, Daniel Akpeyi, Azubuike Egwuekwe, Godfrey
Oboabona,
Solomom Kwambe, Kunle Odunlami, Benjamin Francis, Chibuzo Okonkwo,
Sunday Mba,
Ayo Saka, Olufemi Oladapo, Etebor Oghenekaro, Gomo Onduku, Ifdeanyi Ede,
Ezekeil Mba, Gero Abdulahi, Joseph Osadiaye, Rabiu Ali.
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