Eagles depart Abuja for international friendly with Mexico in Los Angeles

Made up of solely home-based players, the team is expected to travel aboard a Turkish Airline flight for the game billed for the Los Angeles Coliseum, a 77,500 capacity facility that has hosted major international games.The team, led by Nigeria Football Federation’s Technical Director, Augustine Eguavoen, with support from former U-20 national team coach, Paul Aigbogun, has been preparing for the encounter in Abuja in the last six days.

Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr, will also be with the squad in America to monitor the performance of the players and advise the handlers where necessary. Eguavoen recently trimmed the team to 23 for easy management of the players, who are expected to use the match to justify their demand for more representation in the Super Eagles main team.The players got their visas from the U.S. Embassy and also did their COVID-19 tests yesterday ahead of their journey today.

Among the players billed to make the trip to the U.S are goalkeepers Ikechukwu Ezenwa , John Noble and Lobi Stars’ Stanley Nwabali Bobo. The defenders are Olisa Ndah ; Adekunle Adeleke ; Tope Olusesi ; Imoh Obot ; Tebo Franklin Degaulle ; Lawal Oriyomi Murtala ; and Enyinnaya Kazie .The midfielders are Anthony Shimaga ; Seth Mayi ; and Uche Onwuasoanya ; Ibrahim Olawoyin ; Charles Ashimene ; Auwalu Ali Malam ; Nenrot Emmanuel ; Abdulmutalif Sanusi ; Sunday Adetunji; Mohammed Zulkifilu and Chinonso Eziekwe .The game kicks off at 7.30 p.m. Los Angeles time on Saturday, which is 3.30 a.m. on Sunday in Nigeria.

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