These are obviously tight times for the Super Eagles coaching crew headed by Big Boss Stephen Keshi, as he gets set to name his final team for the game against Rwanda in Kigali on Wednesday.
At the moment, there is palpable tension and suspense among the 19 home-based professionals in camp over who will make the cut of nine for the Kigali battle.
Keshi had last weekend named the 11 foreign-based professionals for the encounter.
And going by his antecedents, he is now expected to name an additional nine players this week for the 20-man squad that will hit Rwanda for the Nations Cup qualifier.
All the players spoken to expressed optimism about making the team to Rwanda, with Papa Idris and Sunday Mba saying they will abide by the decision of the coaching crew, since they know the coaching crew is very impartial.
The only player not in camp from the 20 that went to Monrovia to defeat Liberia 2-0 is Enyimba’s Sunday Emmanuel who was excused by the coaching crew when the team returned from Liberia.