CHAN TEAM NAMED AFTER APPROVAL....
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:05 pm
30 CHAN Eagles named, Chima Akas, Ezenwa, Osas Okoro, Aggreh recalled, team train in Kaduna
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The squad are to begin training from this weekend in Kaduna.
Kano Pillars durable midfielder Rabiu Ali, who featured at the 2014 CHAN in South Africa, has also been named in the team.
Nigeria will play off against either Togo or Benin Republic next month for a place in next year’s tournament in Kenya.
As SCORENigeria first reported, Katsina United skipper Nasiru Sani, Samuel Matthias of El Kanemi Warriors and Emeka Atuloma from Rivers United are among the fresh call-ups to the squad.
Who said it first?
The full squad:
GOALKEEPERS: Theophilus Afelokhai (Enyimba), Ikechukwu Ezenwa (FC Ifeanyiubah), Dele Ajiboye (Plateau United), Okiemute Odah(Lobi Stars)
DEFENDERS: Nasiru Sani (Katsina United), Stephen Eze (FC Ifeanyiubah), Elijah Golbe (Plateau United), Jamiu Alimi (Kano Pillars), Emmanuel Ariwachukwu (Akwa United), Chima Akas (Enyimba), Orji Kalu (Rangers), Chinedu Ajanah (ABS FC)
MIDFIELDERS: Hafiz Aremu (Akwa United),Rabiu Ali (Kano Pillars), Thomas Zenke (Nasarawa United), Ifeanyi Ifeanyi, Alhassan Ibrahim ‘Muazzam’ (Akwa United), Austin Oladapo (Gombe United), Raphael Ayagwa (Lobi Stars), Samuel Matthias (El Kanemi Warriors), Chiamaka Madu (Rangers), Emeka Atuloma (Rivers United)
FORWARDS:Stephen Odey, Sikiru Olatunbosun (MFM FC), Osas Okoro (Rangers) Ifeanyi George (Rangers), Sunday Adetunji (Abia Warriors), Kingsley Eduwo (Lobi Stars), Prince Aggreh (FC Ifeanyiubah),Mfon Udoh (Enyimba)
By Kola Daniel
NFF technical committee praises CHAN Eagles selection
By admin - July 10, 2017280 0
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The NFF technical committee has praised the list of 30 players picked by coach Salisu Yusuf for next month’s CHAN 2018 qualifiers against either Togo or Benin Republic.
“We are very, very happy with the selection, very interesting. It shows he is working, he has picked the best,” technical committee member Paul Bassey told reporters after their meeting today in Abuja.
“If we do for the Super Eagles what we did today, maybe Cameroon will be in trouble (for next month’s 2018 World Cup qualifiers).”
Nigeria will face either Togo or Benin Republic in the second round of the qualifiers in August after the two sides faceoff in the West African Zone B first round qualifying stage.
The home and away fixtures for the qualifying matches between Togo and Benin Republic will be played on July 16 and 23 respectively with Togo hosting the first leg this weekend in Lome.
Nigeria, 2014 bronze medallists, will lock horns with the winners of a preliminary fixture between the West African neighbours, with the first leg taking place on the weekend of 11th-13th August and the return leg in Nigeria on Saturday, 19th August.
Nigeria League Expert Blast Salisu Yusuf 30 Man List For CHAN Qualifiers
July 10, 2017010
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An ardent follower of the Nigeria Professional Football League Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman has taken a swipe at coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Salisu Yusuf, who recently released a 30 man list for the 2018 Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) Qualifiers tie against the winner of the clash between Togo and Benin Republic.
The tournament which is for players based in the domestic league is held every two years, and Nigeria have twice qualified for the Championship in 2014 and 2016 respectively, and will be hoping to be at the 2018 edition.
Former Kano Pillars manager Salisu Yusuf has been mandated by coach Gernot Rohr to handle the team, and the coach has taken the first step in that direction by calling up 30 players for a camping exercise in Kaduna later this month.
Mowiz as he is popularly called has watched all teams in the league this season at least twice, and aside been a journalist he is part of an extensive network of scouts monitoring players of the Nigeria Professional Football League.
Here is his take on the list.
Goalkeepers :
Theophilus Afelokhai has been in and out of the squad of Enyimba, while Okiemute Odah has hardly kept goal for Lobi Stars. I’m shock at the none inclusion of Suraj Ayeleso who is by far the best goalkeeper in the league this season, as a matter of fact the Nasarawa United man has more clean sheet than any goalkeeper this season. His none inclusion is a crime against football, especially as the goalkeeper trainer of his team happens to be one of the assistants of Yusuf.
Defenders:
So many names need explanation like Kalu Orji who isn’t the same player he was two years ago, and how on earth is Osas Okoro listed as a defender. We all know him as a winger. What about Chima Akas who hardly plays at Enyimba, the young boy Udoh Ikouwem has taken his spot.
Jamiu Alimi hasn’t played up to ten games this season, on what grounds was he picked? . Where is Daniel Itodo of Plateau United ?, what is Nasiru Sani of Katsina United doing in the list?, heavy, slow and very poor defensively. This is sad.
Midfielders :
Douglas Achiv of Lobi Stars and Destiny Ashadi of Katsina United, and the MFM midfield dynamo Onuwa are the three players who have taken the league by storm as midfielders. Samuel Mathias of El-Kanemi Warriors is the one player in that list who clearly earned his spot in the team, and of course Alhassan Ibrahim just has to be there, by far a contender for the player of the season.
Attackers :
If at all a player will be picked in the attack of Gombe United it should be Afolabi Abdulwaheed and not Austine Oladapo who plays as a midfielder. Abdullahi, Kingsley Eduwo isn’t the top scorer at Lobi Stars, Anthony Okpotu is, so how was he not selected?
Where are the exciting prospects we have in the league in attack?. Sunday Faleye of Shooting Stars, Richard Jonathan of Wikki Tourist, Sanni Abanni of Gombe United, Victor Mboama of Remo Stars?
Finally :
I will score Salisu Yusuf 4/10, this list like I said on twitter has proven true the fact that you can’t trust a local coach with the job of the senior national team of Nigeria.
Osas Mahawi