The camp of the senior national team of Nigeria ahead of Friday’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Guinea Bissau is bubbling with 22 of the 23 invited players now available for the start of tactical training, OGN reports.
Top striker Victor Osimhen arrived yesterday after the team’s training session in the evening and will take part in training this morning with the rest of the players, who were put through their paces yesterday by head coach Jose Peseiro.
Peseiro already has an idea of how his starting lineup will look like and the possible tactics he will employ to get a good result against Guinea Bissau which will see them move to within one win away from a spot at the next Africa Cup of Nations.
However he could be forced into making one change into his preferred back four with Zaidu Sanusi still unavailable as at the time of this report. He was expected to be the left back for the game on Friday in a back four.
Zaidu’s absence could see the coach deploy Calvin Bassey to left back instead of the center back role he was earlier billed to play. His likely partner will be Kevin Akpoguma with Semi Ajayi also pushing for a starting spot. Below is the list of the 21 players in camp.
Akpoguma, Aribo, Lookman, Iwobi, Ajayi, Aniagboso, Uzoho, Ndidi, Bameyi, Omeruo, Onyeka, Simon, Onuachu, Osayi, Musa, Moffi, Sochima, Bassey, Onyemaechi, Chukwueze, Iheanacho, Osimhen.
