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Eight Super Eagles players are yet to get successful Uyo, Akwa Ibom, up of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and the Benin Republic owed to the ongoing indefinite onslaught successful the country.
According to the Super Eagles Media Officer, Promise Efoghe, the 8 players are Maduka Okoye, Semi Ajayi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Calvin Bassey, Frank Onyeka, Alex Iwobi, Ademola Lookman and Paul Onuachu.
Efoghe said the players are already successful Nigeria but incapable to articulation their colleagues successful campy owed to the onslaught which has stalled home flights.
He noted that 15 Super Eagles players had a league connected Monday greeting astatine the grooming transportation of the Godswill Akpabio stadium.
The players who took portion successful the league are Ndidi Wilfred, Kelechi Iheanacho, Samuel Chukwueze, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Terem Moffi, Stanley Nwabali, Ismaila Sodiq, Kenneth Igboke, Ojo Olorunleke, Benjamin Tanimu, Ibrahim Olawoyin, Victor Boniface, Raphael Onyedika, Chidozie Awaziem and Alhassan Yusuf.
He said the grooming which lasted 2 hours including fittingness and shooting drills, positive tactical sessions was led by caput manager Finidi George.
He added that determination would beryllium nary grooming connected Monday evening arsenic the players would beryllium allowed to remainder and acquisition a betterment session.
The Eagles volition big South Africa connected matchday 3 of the qualifiers connected Friday 7, June and volition anticipation to grounds their archetypal triumph successful Group C.
On 10 June, the squad volition question to Cote d’Ivoire to instrumentality connected bottommost squad Benin Republic connected matchday 4.
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