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Super Eagles
players based in Nigeria have departed the country for Suwon, South
Korea, for the friendly match against the South Korean national team.

Nine players from
the Nigeria Premier League led by Bassey Akpan, a fringe player to the
2010 World Cup, and caretaker coach, Augustine Eguavoen, left Lagos on
Sunday and will be met today by the other players pencilled for the
match, which will be played in Suwon on Wednesday

Enyeama and Nsofor missing

With the European
season just kicking off, there have been many withdrawals from the
game. Vincent Enyeama and Obinna Nsofor, have not made themselves
available for this encounter. On the back of a woeful display in South
Africa, the team will look to pick up the pieces in this match.

South Korea and
Nigeria were in the same group in South Africa and Nigerians will
remember their match for all the wrong reasons including Yakubu
Aiyegbeni’s woeful miss in front of an unguarded goal when the Eagles
needed to win to progress.

Some players who
have been knocking on the national team door like Joseph Akpala and
Ideye Brown may get the chance to show Nigerians what they are capable
of.

Meanwhile, new
Korean coach Cho Kwang Rae has named a very strong squad that will
comprise 13 members of the squad that drew 2-2 with Nigeria at the
World Cup – a result that helped South Korea qualify from Group B. They
will be led by Manchester United’s Park Ji Sung and Monaco’s Park Chu
Young.

Kim Min Woo, Park Joo Ho and Yoon Bitgaram, are part of a group of
six uncapped players, who may also get their chance to impress Rae, who
was appointed to replace Huh Jung Moo when he stepped down after a
second round ouster at the World Cup.