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Super Eagles Set For First Match After World Cup Ouster, Rohr To Name Sqaud

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6 years ago

August 23, 2018

Super Eagles of Nigeria will play their home game of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Libya as coach Gernot Rohr is set to name his squad ahead of the encounter.
Super Eagles of Nigeria will be playing its first competitive match 55-day after the 2018 FIFAWorld Cup in Russia which ended on July 15.

The officials of the senior national team are putting finishing touches on their plans to open Eagles camp on September 1, in Abuja for an AFCON qualifier against Seychelles.

As gathered German Eagles handler, Gernot Rohr has joined the NFF officials in preparation the Eagles camp as Nigeria will fly out from Abuja to Seychelles for the September 9, game in continuation of the qualifying tournament for 2019 AFCON in Cameroon.

Rohr will announce his squad for the match in the new week, it will be the first match for the national team since they crashed out in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup in Russia in June.

Both Nigeria and Seychelles are without points after they lost their opening qualifiers.

The Eagles lost 2-0 at home to South Africa, while Libya pounded Seychelles 5-1 at home. The top two teams in this group will qualify for next year’s expanded AFCON.