Goalkeeper Francis Uzoho and Cyriel Dessers arrived the Super Eagles camp on Tuesday morning ahead of the friendly against Portugal.
22 players are now in the team’s camp in Lisbon.
Villarreal winger, Samuel Chukwueze is the only player yet to report to camp.
The team started their preparation for the game on Monday night in Lisbon.
The three-time African champions will have their second session tonight.
The game is billed for the Jose Alvalade Stadium, Lisbon on Thursday.Kick off is 7.45 Nigeria time.
22 Players In Camp:
Adeleye, Ekong, Ndidi, Iwobi, Onyemaechi, Akpoguma, Etebo, Duru, Dennis, Onuachu, Lookman, Bassey, Aribo, Ebuehi, Onyeka, Moffi, Awaziem, Bright, Simon, Okoye, Uzoho, Dessers. Expected: Chukwueze
By Adeboye Amosu
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I can’t remember the last time chukueze played for Nigeria.. don’t be surprised you will heer soon he can no longer come for the friendly game.. he is going himself no good he has lookman, Simon , Dennis to compete with plus others waiting for invitation
I guess him and his close pal Osimhen Don plan how the vacation go be catching cruise up and down..lol….Osimhen really messed up big time. Even if he’s injured, he supposed to honor the invitation just to respect we the fans that love him so much. I’ve watched all Napoli match this season only because of him except the time he was out injured. I was hoping to see him play on Thursday b4 this cooked up lies. He really disappoint lot of fans and this shouldn’t be swept under the carpet. The Coach must punish him by giving his role to another striker while he sit on the bench in next SE Match.
I don’t subscribe to that@Sean.
Osimhen needs time to recuperate, rest and revamp his skills during this world cup period. He has lots of title opportunities to pursue this season and can’t afford to gamble his health in an inconsequential and frivolous friendly game. Even the heart break of playing such game with a world cup bound team is enormous.
Besides, Naija is blessed with other talented strikers at the moment. So let’s excuse Osimhen for now. We really want him to win both personal and team titles this season.
No thanks to Mr nonsense aka *erezo!
NFF and Sports ministry should put their house in order ASAP.
Shalom!
Bros all of them na the same, to hell both the osimhen and the guys wey no come. Want is the need of the friendly if not for their own good and benefits. People, Nigeria dey suffer right now we don’t need begging one person wey don chop belleful
Maduka.
Ebuehi, Akpogunma, Ekong, Bassey.
Lookman, Ndidi, Aribo, Iwobi, Simon.
Dessers/Moffi
in a 4-5-1 / 4-2-3-1 formation
The purpose of the friendlies is to build chemistry. But the fact that NFF has not paid these guys for friendlies dating back to 3 years ago is just painful to imagine.
Also if they get injured, they are on their own if the clubs do not help.
I guess more than 90% of you here will tolerate that in your current places of work.
NFF does not make these decisions easy for these guys.
So, cut them some slack.
Osimhen does not need any Nigeria friendly match to sell himself. His exploits in Napoli are more than enough.
How many of you know that when uzoho got injured in the friendly against Brazil some years ago, he was on his own. his career almost ended if not for the club that paid for surgeries and physiotherapoy.