Eguavoen beefs up Olympic squad
Head
Coach of the national U-23 team, Austin Eguavoen has reviewed his team
list for next weekend’s 2012 Olympic Games qualifying match against
Equatorial Guinea. Eguavoen called up Nosa Igiebor and Odion Jude
Ighalo to replace central defender Alex Nkume and forward Uchebo
Okechukwu.
Just as his team
was preparing to hit Benin City on Thursday morning to continue
preparation for the match at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Eguavoen
said he has come to the conclusion that Ighalo, who captained the
Flying Eagles at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt in 2009 and Igiebor
would better serve his purpose for the first leg encounter.
Striker Ighalo plays for Grenada FC of Spain while Igiebor plays in
Norway. Uchebo Okechukwu and Alex Nkume played for the Flying Eagles at
the African Youth Championship in Rwanda in early 2009.
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