The first choice goalkeeper of the senior national team of Nigeria Francis Uzoho made his first appearance of the season for Cyprus side Omonia Nicosia in their 0-2 league loss to Anorthosis.
It was his first appearance for the team in the league since the 3rd of May, when they played the last game of last season. Brazilian shot stopper Fabiano is the undisputed first choice of the team.
Uzoho was introduced at the start of the second half after an injury to Fabiano with scores at 0-0. He however failed to keep it that way with his team conceding in the 65th and 90th minute to lose the game.
The result saw them drop to fifth on the league table as the league head into the international break. Uzoho is expected to be in goal for Nigeria when they take on Lesotho and Zimbabwe respectively in the world cup qualifiers on the 16th and 19th of November respectively.
He will be hoping to redeem himself after two high profile errors in the friendly games against Saudi Arabia and Mozambique respectively. He was also culpable for the goal that denied Nigeria a spot at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
A harmless shot from Thomas Partey sailed under his body to hand Ghana a vital away goal, which they hanged on to with Nigeria crashing out on the away goal rule after levelling from the spot through William Troost-Ekong.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
