Interim head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Austine Eguavoen will make five changes to the Super Eagles lineup that lost 1-2 to Benin Republic three months ago , when both teams meet in the AFCON qualifiers tomorrow, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
The Super Eagles will be looking to reassert their dominance over their West African neighbors after suffering a first ever defeat last time out in the world cup qualifiers.
Super Eagles have not had the best of build up to the game with the entire issue of a replacement for departed coach Finidi George ending in a dramatic way , after the coach announced as his replacement made a u-turn on the agreement in principle following breakdown over tax payments.
Eguavoen the technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) was drafted in for the games against Benin Republic and Rwanda on the 7th and 10th of September respectively.
His first task in Uyo will see him try to erase the memories of the last time he handled the team in the world cup qualifiers playoff, where they got beaten by Ghana and missed out on a ticket to the world cup.
We can exclusively reveal that from the team which Benin defeated under Finidi George, Eguavoen will make five changes with two due to the unavailability of the players.
The duo of Terem Moffi and Bright Osayi-Samuel are unavailable leaving Victor Boniface and Ola Aina as the favourite to take their spot in the team that started the last game.
Benjamin Tanimu will make way for William Troost-Ekong who will partner Semi Ajayi in defence, with Calvin Bassey dropping to the left back spot. However Stanley Nwabali will continue in goal despite Maduka Okoye’s fine form for Udinese in the build up to the game.
Samuel Chukwueze will also be relegated to the bench with Moses Simon taking his spot on the right side of attack. Frank Onyeka will come in for goal scorer Raphael Onyedika in the midfield.
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