The B team of the senior national team of Nigeria will be in action in the early hours of Thursday against the senior national team of Costa Rica in an international friendly game scheduled for San Jose.
NFF’s FIFA Match Agent, Jairo Pachon of Eurodata Sport told the NFF website that the three-time African champions have been invited to the Central American nation as part of major activities to send forth the Los Ticos to the FIFA World Cup finals in Qatar.
The team handled by coach Salisu Yusuf can be said to be the B team of the senior national team of Nigeria and it has goalkeepers Bankole and Nathaniel Nwosu (U23 team first choice), defenders Daniel Bameyi, Chidiebere Nwobodo and Evans Ogbonda, midfielders Nosiru and Qudus Akanni and forwards Sunday Faleye and Edidiong Ezekiel, among others.
The game will kick off at 8 pm Costa Rica time on Wednesday, 9th November (which is 3 am, 10th November in Nigeria). The Nigerian team are already in Costa Rica for the game which will be live on selected television platforms online.
Well known football streaming website Heagoal.com will broadcast the game live and also the social media handle of the NFF on Facebook and also YouTube. Also the online TV of the Nigeria Football Federation hosted on their official website will broadcast the game live.
Below is the list of players from which Yusuf will pick the players for the game .
EAGLES FOR COSTA RICA:
Kayode Bankole, Nathaniel Nwosu, Daniel Bameyi, Samuel Kalu, Chidiebere Nwobodo, Mustapha Jibrin, Evans Ogbonda, Afeez Nosiru, Samson Paul, Daniel Wotlai, Ezekiel Edidiong, Dominion Ohaka, Qudus Akanni, Shina Akinniran, Sunday Faleye, Jerry Alex, Isaiah Ejeh and Suleiman Garba.