Finidi George to lead Eagles against Ghana on Friday

The Nigeria Football Federation , yesterday, announced that Finidi George would be in charge of the Super Eagles when they meet Ghana’s Black Stars ina friendly match in Marrakech, Morocco, on Friday.

The 52-year-old former Ajax Amsterdam and Real Betis winger, who made a scoring debut for the fatherland in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Burkina Faso at the National Stadium, Lagos on July 27, 1991, has been appointed by the NFF to hold the reins in the meantime as a group of 22 players take on Ghana and Mali in this month’s international window.

On Friday, George, from a family of football stars , will bellow instructions from the touchline, 21 months after he began to understudy Portuguese José Santos Peseiro, who led the Eagles to the runner-up position in Cote d’Ivoire. Goalkeeper Francis Uzoho, defender Chidozie Awaziem, midfielders Frank Onyeka and Wilfred Ndidi, and forward Kelechi Iheanacho were being expected in Marrakech by yesterday, the NFF said, adding that only Turkey-based defender Bright Osayi-Samuel is being expected today.

Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey, Nathan Tella, Moses Simon, and Stanley Nwabali are among the 10 players who have arrived the Super Eagles camp ahead of their friendly games against Ghana and Mali. The other five players already in camp are Semi Ajayi, Jamilu Collins, Bruno Onyemaechi, Cyriel Dessers, and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru. More players are…

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