Nigeria coach Augustine Eguavoen has finally gotten a full house ahead of their trip to Ghana for the World Cup play-off.
The Super Eagles will play the Black Stars in a two-legged encounter with the winner securing one of the five slots on the African continent.
The first leg of the titanic qualifying tie will be played on March 25 at the Baba Yara Stadium before the reverse encounter on March 29 at the Moshood Abiola national stadium in Abuja.
Ahead the trip to Ghana, the Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed all 25 players have reported in camp to embark on a trip to Ghana following the arrival of goalkeeper John Noble.
The Enyimba goalkeeper was drafted in on Tuesday after the NFF announced that Maduka Okoye is suffering from illness.
Noble has joined Kaizer Chiefs’ Daniel Akpeyi and Omonia Nicosia’s Francis Uzoho as the three goalkeepers in camp.
Players invited for the clashes against Ghana are;
Goalkeepers: Francis Uzoho (AC Omonia, Cyprus); Daniel Akpeyi (Kaizer Chiefs, South Africa); Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam, The Netherlands) replaced by John Noble (Enyimba)
Defenders: Oluwasemilogo Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion, England); Kenneth Omeruo (CD Leganes, Spain); Leon Balogun (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); William Ekong (Watford FC, England); Olaoluwa Aina (Torino FC, Italy); Calvin Bassey (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); Abdullahi Shehu (AC Omonia, Cyprus); Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto, Portugal)
Midfielders: Frank Onyeka (Brentford FC, England); Joseph Ayodele-Aribo (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England) replaced by Innocent Bonke (Lorient); Oghenekaro Etebo (Watford FC, England); Akinkunmi Amoo (FC Copenhagen, Denmark)
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Fatih Karagumruk, Turkey); Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal FC, Spain); Victor Osimhen (Napoli FC, Italy); Moses Simon (FC Nantes, France); Sadiq Umar (UD Almeria, Spain); Odion Jude Ighalo (Al-Hilal FC, Saudi Arabia); Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City, England); Emmanuel Dennis (Watford FC, England); Ademola Lookman (Leicester City, England)
Nigeria are in search of their 7th World Cup qualification and will have to edge past Ghana to achieve their target.
The team is expected to arrive in Accra on Thursday morning before they travel to Kumasi ahead of the encounter on Friday.
In head-to-head meetings between the two West African rivals, Ghana enjoys the superiority having won 25, drew 19 and lost 12 in 56 clashes.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Sylvester Ntim
