It appears the coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Gernot Rohr will maintain the central defence partnership of Leon Balogun and William Troost-Ekong for Saturday’s clash against South Africa base on exclusive details obtained by Owngoalnigeria.com in today’s training session.
Balogun has played just two games so far for English Premier League side Brighton and Hove Albion and it led to talks about dropping him for Kenneth Omeruo who has enjoyed a regular run of games at Spanish side Leganes.
Omeruo has played in the last five games of Leganes in the build up to the Super Eagles resumption for camping for their upcoming AFCON 2019 Qualifiers tie against South Africa and many expected him to push to displace Balogun.
The duo of Ekong and Balogun have formed a formidable partnership in the heart of the defence for Nigeria and their combination was nicknamed ‘Oyibo Wall ” and base on today’s training session, they are in line to continue their partnership against South Africa.
Rohr paired the duo in today’s session and also had them in the defensive drills done by the team during today’s session which was held at the mainbowl of the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba.
