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It seems Aiyegbeni
Yakubu and Sani Kaita have not been forgiven for their respective roles
in the Super Eagles’ failure to advance beyond the group stage of the
last World Cup tournament in South Africa, as they have both been left
out of the national team’s upcoming international friendly against
South Korea.

Yakubu generally
had a poor tournament in South Africa, and fell from the spotlight
after fluffing a gilt-edged chance in the Super Eagles 2-2 draw against
South Korea while Kaita, for his part, incurred the wrath of Nigerian
football fans after getting sent off in the 2-1 defeat to Greece.

Also left out of
the encounter scheduled to take place in the South Korean capital,
Seoul on August 11 was Joseph Yobo, who skippered the Super Eagles in
their opening two games of the World Cup, and the legendary Nwankwo
Kanu, who recently denied reports that he had called it quits with
international football.

Unlucky 13

In all, 13 players
from the South Africa World Cup 2010 squad were excluded from the
35-man squad named for the friendly against the Taeguk Warriors, but
there was a place for goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, who had a remarkable
tournament, and nine other survivors of the World Cup squad.

They are Haruna
Lukman, Dickson Etuhu, Danny Shittu, Obafemi Martins, Danny Shittu,
Obinna Nsofor, Kalu Uche, Ayodele Adeleye and Uwa Echiejile.

John Obi Mikel, who
missed out on the World Cup with an injury, was recalled along with Ike
Uche, whose chances of playing at the World Cup were not helped by the
fact that he only returned from a long injury-induced layoff a few
weeks before the commencement of the tournament. Also recalled was
Joseph Akpala, as well as Lobi Stars of Makurdi full-back Terna Suswan,
who was one of the last players to be dropped from the World Cup bound
squad by the team’s technical crew. Suswan tops the list of 22 players
invited from the Nigerian Premier League which also includes Kano
Pillars’ Ahmed Musa, who scored a record 18 goals this season, and who
featured for the Super Eagles at the last WAFU Nations Cup hosted in
Nigeria. Also invited was goalkeeper Bassey Akpan, Solomon Okpako,
Gbolahan Salami and King Osanga.

All the players from the domestic league are expected to arrive in Abuja on Friday.