Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro has opted for a 3-4-3 formation for the side’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations Group B clash with hosts Cote d’Ivoire.
Peseiro also make three changes to the side that played out a 1-1 draw with Equatorial Guinea on Sunday.
Nantes winger Moses Simon will start from the bench.
Midfielder Alhassan Yusuf, who also started the game against Equatorial Guinea is unavailable due to injury.
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Peseiro kept faith with Stanley Nwabili in goal, while Ola Aina and Zaidu Sanusi will play as right and left wing backs respectively.
Vice-captain William Troost-EKong, Semi Ajayi and Calvin Bassey will operate as centre-backs.
Brentford star Frank Onyeka and Alex Iwobi will take charge of the midfield.
Samuel Chukwueze and Ademola Lookman will play from the wings.
Napoli hitman Victor Osimhen will lead the attack.
Super Eagles Line-up vs Cote d’Ivoire
Stanley Nwabali- Calvin Bassey, William Ekong (Captain), Semi Ajayi – Zaidu Sanusi, Ola Aina,
Frank Onyeka, Alex Iwobi – Ademola Lookman, Victor Osimhen, Samuel Chukwueze
By Adeboye Amosu in Abidjan
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This complete sports is another Jose paseiro, which one be say dem bench lookman,later u say dem start lookman.
EG is using GB to do Happy Thursday.
4-1 is the latest score.
Oya, calculator pipo, time to start pressing.
3-4-3 formation.
Nwabili
Ajayi, Ekong, Bassey
Aina, Onyeka, Iwobi, Sanusi
Chukwueze, Osimhen, Lookman
Let’s see how it goes.
Peseiro is confounding critics by:
– showing flexibility in formation.
– rejigging the starting 11 to meet challenges per opposition.
– showing faith key players
– pleasing disgruntled fans by sticking with Nwabili.
We Uzoho fans are lurking at the corner o with daggers draen! If his Nwabili should drop the ball, blood will flow!
Hahaha, Peseiro the savvy tactician.
He seems to have a surprise or two up his sleeve.
I’m bemused, but hope is rising.
He will lose today’s game. I don’t see them coming out of the group. Equatorial Guinea just won by 4:1.
It ended 4-2. Don’t worry, Nigeria will qualify, regardless of what happens today. We’ll either top the group or are runners-up.
Don’t forget that we haven’t played GB yet.
Thank you DEO Some people on this forum are just suffering from bitterness (laugh). If he uses 352 some people will still complain. If he uses uzoho some people will still complain. He is using 343 some people are still complaining. He is using nwabili some people are still sad.
I have said it that my problem with this team is they don’t score goals. Oshimen should go and see the third and fourth of the equatorial Guineans.
The last time someone scored hatrick at afcon was 1998.
The equatorial guinea striker just scored a hat trick today. Oshimen should have scored a hat trick in our last match.
If we draw or lose today we will still qualify because we will bury guinea bisau.
Na wah o. This 3-4-3 that go us deflated vs Guinea…??
And yes Deo. We want to see what the solution to our goalkeeping problems will offer us today…after being caught lazily flatfooted by a side-footed pass from Iban into his goal.
The 1st shot at goal vs Mexico was goal
The 1st shot at goals vs Guinea [according to match reports] was also a goal
The 1st shot at goal vs EG was a goal.
That’s what the dossier of the solution to our Gk problems say….the Ever Confident 1 is a 1 shot 1 goal
Where is osanyi why this man go dey start mumu ajayi…and is senior man not fit yet
Serie A attackers. All the best SuperEagles. VAMOS ARRIBBA SUPEREAGLES!!!!! Let’s do it again!!!
Complete sport need chat GPT. There errors are very alarming. Good luck SE. YOU WILL NEED IT!!!
It is obvious PESEIRO don’t have eyes for player’s capabilities in the team.
How can you pair Ekong and Ajayi??
Where is Awaziem, Omeruo, Osayi?
Ekong don’t know how to tackle and intercept the ball. He is fond of drifting backwards into his own 18yrd when he is faced one-on-one, giving the opponent the opportunity to shoot.
Ajayi is too soft and can be easily bullied and not as good in aerial balls like Omeruo.
You hardly can dribble pass Awaziem and Osayi and even Bruno. Well, I wish them well.
So Iwobi and Frank are our DMs?
I concur with you on Ajayi. I’m always nervous when it’s him. Everything you said about Awaziem, Osayi, and Omeruo is true. They are more rugged/hardcore, although Omeruo has speed issues.
Yeah in this kind of game Omeruo’s experience is needed.
However,the team picked and formation is very good.
I’m not scared of cote d’ivoire not at all,we should be able to win this one…
Ekong was always needed in this team and it is good he’s starting. Matured defensive performance, which we have always needed. Drawing stupid matches against Lesotho and Zimbabwe.
We are condemned to win this game.
Equitorial Guinea has qon Guinea Bissau by 4:2.
We must win to stand a chance of topping the group or get a draw and hope to win Guinea Bissau to finish 3rd with 5 points and a high goal difference.
Second in the group will bring us against Senegal in round 2.