Also, former Indomitable Lions of Cameroon goalkeeper and skipper, Thomas Nkono, said the rebirth of African football has started with what he saw the Eagles play against a Catalonia selected on Wednesday in Barcelona
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The list, made available to the Nigerian delegation on arrival in Barcelona, has Barcelona first choice in goal, Victor Valdes, Xavi Hernandez, Carlos Puyol, Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, Martin Montoya, Sergio Roberto, Christian Tello and Marc Bartra all listed from the Catalan giants
At the last count, nine foreign based players have arrived the Faro, Portugal camp of the team
Also in town is Ukraine-based hitman, Brown Aiyide Ideye, who came in on time to join the afternoon training session
Addressing the players, Abdullai, who was clad in white and green national track suit, told the team that President Goodluck Jonathan is interested in the welfare of the team and has asked him to offer his total support to the team as the countdown to the Nations Cup draws near
Following a meeting with the NFF Technical Committee in Abuja on Friday, where he defended the list, Keshi rolled out a squad containing 14 home-based professionals and 18 overseas-based players
The Nasarawa side, managed by veteran Coach Alphonsus Dike, played their hearts out in the encounter but it was the national team that showed more maturity and should have easily won the game but for the several begging chances that were wasted