Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has revealed how he intends to decide players he will call up tongue team for their upcoming world cup qualifiers games against Rwanda and Zimbabwe respectively, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Chelle will get his first baptism of fire as coach of the team in March , when they play the above mentioned games in the world cup qualifiers, where they are presently 5th in their 6 team group, four points behind group leaders Rwanda.
The coach is expected to pick his players for the games next month, with an initial preliminary list of 35 players before it will be prune down to 30 for the games in Kigali and Uyo respectively.
Speaking to the official media channel of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the coach explained how he intends to pick his first squad as coach with emphasis on monitoring players before making a decision.
“Most of them are good. They are playing well. I want to check again against Rwanda and Zimbabwe. After that, I will make my first selection. Then we will be ready. We must focus on following the players. It’s very good now, and a lot of Nigerian players are very good. So we need to be focused and be ready”, he said.
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