Nigeria Football

AFCON 2019: Super Eagles Holds First Training Session In Asaba

The Super Eagles of Nigeria this Monday began preparation for the 32nd African Cup of Nations scheduled for Egypt, this June as Genort Rohr’s boys took to the Stephen Keshi Stadium pitch to observe their first training session.

In training were: Captain John Mikel Obi, Defender Leon Balogun, Jamilu Collins, Chidozie Awaziem, midfielder Semi Ajayi, Oghenekaro Etebo, John Ogu, forwards, Moses Simon, Samuel Kalu and Victor Osimhen.

Also involved were goalkeepers Daniel Akpeyi, Ikechukwu Ezenwa and Francis Uzoho, forwards Kelechi Iheanacho Samuel chukwueze, Henry Onyekuru and Paul Onuachu

Ahmed Musa and Shehu Abdullahi are being expected on Wednesday after the Easter break.

Nicknamed The Big Heart, Delta State has eased into the forefront as the nation’s football capital, since hosting the 2018 AITEO Cup finals and the international friendly between the Super Eagles and Uganda’s Cranes in November 2018. Since then, the Super Eagles have played Seychelles in Asaba in an AFCON qualifier and hosted Egypt in a friendly, and the city was also the setting for the U23 National Team’s thrashing of Libya in an U23 AFCON qualifier in March 2019.

This first phase of camping will also take in a friendly match, against equally Egypt-bound Warriors of Zimbabwe, at the Stephen Keshi Stadium on Saturday, 8th June.

Players and officials will travel to the Egyptian city of Ismailia the following day aboard a chartered flight, where they will stay at the Hotel Mercure and spend a full week perfecting tactics and strategies, before taking on Africa’s number one –ranked team Senegal in another friendly in Ismailia.

On 17th January, the three –time champions will travel to Alexandria – venue of their Group B matches against Burundi, Guinea and Madagascar.

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