Super Eagles head coach Éric Chelle has made just one change to the side that started the semi-final victory over Zimbabwe for tonight’s Unity Cup final against Jamaica.
Pisa striker Rafiu Durosinmi comes into the starting line-up, replacing Philip Otele in attack.
Durosinmi made a substitute appearance in the win over the Warriors.
Wrexham goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo retains his place between the sticks.
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The defensive quartet comprises Kenneth Igboke, Igoh Ogbu, Chibuike Nwaiwu and Chibueze Oputa.
In midfield, Tochukwu Nnadi, Alhassan Yusuf and Samson Tijani are retained by Chelle.
Femi Azeez and Terem Moffi complete the attacking line-up alongside Durosinmi as the Super Eagles look to claim the Unity Cup title.
Super Eagles X1 Vs Jamaica
Arthur Okonkwo – Oputa, Igboke, Nwaiwu, Ogbu – Nnadi, Tijani, Yusuf, Azeez – Durosinmi, Moffi (Captain)
By Adeboye Amosu
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SE Team A 2 Jamaica 2
SE Team B 3 Jamaica 0
Hmmm, e be like say the Team B na em be the real Team A sha.
If we base selection on merit, jersey no sure for anybody ooo.
Good point bro. I bet the coach knows exactly what he’s doing, so let’s watch what happens next. I enjoyed the overall team play for this tournament, especially the keeper, Femi Azeez, and the full backs. Kudos to the boys!
Well said @Pompei, these so called team B are fitter and more agile than the aging and tiring “team A.”
These boys are younger, more mobile and full of running. DR Congo would have been beaten with these guys in the play-off final, if the only extra injection is Osimhen, Fredericks and perhaps Lookman. Instead they ran rough-shod on our aging and tired players on that fateful day that cost us WC ticket.
Good point
People will say it’s friendly and therefore we cannot asses them base on that but how about the clean sheets. We play thse same cup with our A team but could not keep clean sheets. We even had to resort to penalties to beat Jamaica. What I’m trying to say is that we or the coach should not take this B team for granted but carefully assess their strength and weaknesses with to view to blending the 2 teams. In my opinion this team have a more fluid or solid midfield than the A team. That’s the reason we kept the clean sheets. Another area is compactness. Seems they run more than our so called big boys. I will suggest the use the as the core for Portugal and Poland . Let’s see where we stand..
@pompei, nice observations. People will say it’s friendly but we play this same yeams with our so called big boys and couldn’t keep clean sheets. There must be something this boys are doing which the A team is lacking. For me l love this team in terms of movement and coverage more than the A team. The coach should just use these boys against Portugal and Poland so we all can see clearly were we stand
pompei – what de couch Erics Chelse needed to did na ehn is fery simple, let’s organised a march between SE team A vs SE team B and wash de march very closly to obserf 3 tins:
1) who wii won de game
2) how dey looks wile winning de game, dat ees whu or wish team ees more classy an look more dangaroust as a collectif team and then
3) Make a brown new teams fron de best parfomas fron de two team and den we wii had the new SE.
Dis ees my own adfise to the couch Erics Cheles.
Simples.
If Chuwueze is not careful, he may face early retirement or a long bench role in the SE, given Azeez’s football intelligence and work rate.
And I don’t get the idea of “big boys” or “Team A” to face Poland and Portugal. A good number of these so-called “Team B” guys should be in those 2 friendly matches.