The three players invited to the Super Eagles for the first time were all in action in the first full training session of the team ahead of the friendly game against Brazil on Sunday in Singapore, Owngoalnigeria.com reports.
Peter Olayinka, Viv Solomon-Otabor and Ramon Azeez all trained with the Super Eagles for the first time with Azeez staging a comeback to the team after a five year absence. The trio are all pushing for game time on Sunday.
Azeez was by far the most lively of the trio mirroring the form he showed at Granada that earned him a recall to the team. His energy level was quite high as he was not only useful on the ball but even off the ball he showed great positional awareness. He is for sure going to get some minutes on Sunday.
Solomon-Otabor caught the eyes with his pace and ability to track back and defend but his final balls and crosses were wayward as well as his confidence when he was through on goal during the practice match.
Olayinka scored with a well hit drive past goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa during the session. Aside from his liveliness when in possession he looked very fit and strong in duels particularly when it comes to taking goal scoring positions.
Among the trio Azeez looks the most likely to get some game time although Olayinka can also be confident of getting some game time if he performs same way like he did in today’s session tomorrow.
