Former coach of the Nigeria U20 team Paul Aigbogun will serve as coach of the senior national team of Nigeria when they take on Mexico in an international friendly on Sunday.
The team was originally supposed to be handled by the head of the Technical Department of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Austin Eguavoen but he wasn’t issued an entry visa into the United State of America, the venue for the game.
Aigbogun does not require a visa to enter the US as he holds a British passport which grants him free entry into the country. He will be assisted by goalkeeper’s coach Alloy Agu.
The team are expected to arrive America later today for the game on Sunday with their only training session expected to hold on Saturday ahead of the game on Sunday.
All of the players called up for the game by the NFF were picked from the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) bar Joshua Oluwayemi of Tottenham Hotspur.
He was called up as a late replacement for injured goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa and will provide adequate cover for Stanley Nwabali with the other goalkeeper John Noble not fully fit as well.
