The senior national team of Nigeria yesterday had their first training session ahead of tomorrow’s game against Central Africa Republic (CAR) in the race to qualify for the final stages of the 2022 World Cup.
Under the guidance of coach Gernot Rohr, the team had a one hour, thirty minutes training at the Teslim Balogun stadium where the game will be played tomorrow with twenty players taking part in the session.
Two players were not part of the enlarged session, one of which is Paul Onuachu as he trained separately with the physiotherapist while Maduka Okoye arrived camp yesterday evening after the training.
Rohr have a slight hint on how he will possibly lined the players up when they engaged each other in a practice game which ended in a 0-0 score before a shoot out was conducted to pick the winner of the session
Below is how they were lined up for the practice match.
Team A
Francis Uzoho
Ola Aina
Jamilu Collins
William Troost Ekong
Leon Balogun
Frank Onyeka/Innocent Bonke
Joe Aribo
Kelechi Iheanacho
Moses Simon
Samuel Kalu
Victor Osimhen
Team B
Daniel Akpeyi
Shehu Abdullahi
Calvin Bassey
Kevin Akpoguma
Kenneth Omeruo
Chidozie Awaziem
Innocent Bonke/Frank Onyeka
Taiwo Awoniyi
Chidera Ejuke
