Super Eagles caretaker coach, Augustine Eguavoen has made seven changes to his starting X1 for tonight’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixture against Amavubi of Rwanda.
The quartet of Victor Osimhen, Wilfred Ndidi, Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi will start the game from the bench.
Udinese shot stopper Maduka Okoye will make his first start for the three-time African champions since his last appearance against Tunisia at the 2021 AFCON finals in Cameroon.
Bright Osayi-Samuel will come in the injured Ola Aina, while Bright Osayi-Samuel will operate from the left-back position.
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Auxerre’s Gabriel Osho will partner captain William Troost-Ekong in central defence.
Raphael Onyedika, Alhassan Yusuf and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru will operate in the three-man midfield.
Victor Boniface will lead the attack, while Kelechi Iheanacho and Moses Simon will provide support from the wings.
Super Eagles Starting XI vs Rwanda
Maduka Okoye – Bright Osayi-Samuel, William Ekong (Captain), Gabriel Osho, Bruno Onyemaechi – Raphael Onyedika, Alhassan Yusuf, Fisayo Dele Bashiru – Moses Simon, Victor Boniface, Kelechi Iheanacho
By Adeboye Amosu
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here we go another Shambles anybody who says Indigenous coach back to sender with you, what is this?.. Boniface and Osimhen is a deadly combination, I mean is this the best he could come up with in Midfield. Eguavoen is Mad Really!!!, This is Rubbish. What of Onyeka Ndidi and Bashiru or Onyeka, Bashiru and Iwobi.. This is madness he is littereally saying to Rwanda oya come and Win. No Nigerian Coaches are really Clueless this is the worst Line up of the set of players we have Onyedika has still not learnt how to play in SE and this Flash in the Pan Yusuf is a huge Suspect even worse now he is USA, And For goodness sake why bring Your Umar Sadiq to camp if you are not confident in fielding him?.. Away with Nigerian coaches Away man. Super eagles is not for Indigenous coaches
You don’t understand soccer
He never did, and he’s not ready to learn.
@Mr Nice and @Okey shebi i don’t know soccer okay na no be siddon look we dey I will wait until after the Match to engage with you wonderful football minds lol
@Mr Nice and @Okey ever in your lives think you understand ball more than me you too are amateurs in ball where I dey!!
Well said @Ugo. The coach knows nothing. Sadiq Umar must be starting instead of Iheanacho.
I like the midfield. Younger and energetic. Let’s hope Boniface gets his goal today.
VAMOS ARRIBBA SuperEagles!!!!!!!
Kelechi haters gather here because he made the list again. Lol I hope Kelechi gets to score make this hungry fans them let us hear word.
Hahahaha…..so Mr Technical Director would have gone the whole of this AFCON qualifiers (in a group consisting of Rwanda, Benin and Libya) without starting 1 Home-based player all through, yet he and his fellow 94 cult ex-internationals goaded Finidi into ensuring homebased players enjoy an invitation quota of at least 4 invitations to the Super Eagles…..LMAOoo.
Indeed another man’s child is always best fit for sending on late night errands….LMAOoo
Even a mad dog know fire when it sees one…..LMAOooo.
If it were to be a foreign coach in charge, they all would have been gnashing their teeth on national stations and the pages of internet by now on how foreign coaches are not developing the league by inviting HB players to the SE.
Really, we have had our CHAN team camping for 3 weeks plus now, and Mr TD of Nigerian football and his homebased coaching crew still doesn’t see the CHAN team good enough to play Rwanda in Uyo…..LMAOoo….even if it will be a dress rehearsal for the Nig vs Ghana CHAN qualifier.
In my own opinion, it’s a fantastic lineup but my suspect is Gabby Osho. But I can’t just judge him with one match. The three man midfield is a bomb!. This is what I wanted, this guy’s has been living under ndidi’s shadow. This is the right time to play them together. Weldon Cerezo for the huge step.
Please link for the game
Wow collapse lol…
Bonishit fans what is happening. Now 6 games and not deliverying. Who know who he will pay to make the squad next time. He just needs to go back to his club we dont need him again. Even dessers wasn’t this bad