The News Agency of Nigeria reports that former Super Eagles captain Musa was amongst 38 others who were initially selected in a provisional list ahead of the qualifiers.
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Despite crashing out in Round of 16 at the just ended AFCON 2021 in Cameroon, the Nigeria side are ranked 32nd best team on the globe and third best in Africa.
Within the four days, the Group C encounters of Days 3 and 4 between both teams will be accomplished, with the CAR hosting the return in Cameroon’s coastal city after the Confederation of African Football ruled that no football field in the Central African Republic is fit and proper for international matches.
This is in adherence to the protocols of the Federation of International Football Association on Coronavirus Disease.
In utterly surreal scenes, the game was halted on Sunday after 10 minutes following the incident.
‘Senior Man Kelz’, as he is fondly called by his admirers, opened his World Cup qualifier goal account by beating Liberia goalie Kpah Sherman in the 22nd minute of the encounter.
CAF has already moved the game, earlier scheduled for Thursday, 2nd September forward by a day to Wednesday, 1st September and the respected Nigerian administrator is already in the Egyptian capital to superintend proceedings of the Day 1 encounter.
With four wins and a draw in the five games played so far, the Super Eagles have already booked their ticket to the 2018 World Cup finals, but will aim to maintain their unbeaten run in the qualifying series when they face Algeria in Constantine
The Nigerian was pictured in a training session at his club’s west London training ground
According to the team’s official Twitter handle: @NGSuperEagles, the Gernot Rohr-led team landed safely in Algeria
Meanwhile, Girona FC of Spain forward Olanrewaju Kayode takes the place of Moses Simon, who is knocked out by injury
All invited players are expected to arrive in a camp in Morocco on November 6
Monday’s arrivals were Mikel Agu, Williams Troost Ekong, Leon Balogun, Ahmed Musa, Shehu Abdullahi, Wilfried Ndidi, Kelechi Iheancho.
Towards the latter stages of the World Cup qualifier at Wembley Stadium, Alli appeared to make an offensive gesture towards teammate Kyle Walker, rather than an opponent or the referee
According to a statement on NFF website on Tuesday, Chris Danjuma, coach of the team led the players and other officials from Abuja this morning to the ancient city.
Football fans in Omu-Aran , Kwara on Thursday said Super Eagles victory against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the…
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that other officials, led by Referee Ibrahim Ghead Grisha, are expected to arrive Nigeria on Wednesday, a statement on the Nigeria Football Federation website said.
Moses opened the scoring for the home side at the Akwa Ibom Stadium after he latched onto the ball and made his way towards the box in the 25th minute
It restated that all the players appreciated the importance of the game and its ramifications for Nigeria’s march to a sixth FIFA World Cup finals
And Nigeria’s Captain John Mikel Obi was less than three years old the last time Algeria defeated Nigeria in the final of the 1990 Africa Cup of Nations in Algiers