The senior national team of Nigeria will take on the Portuguese team tomorrow in a high profile international friendly game, which will serve as the final warm up game for the host before the World Cup begins.
Ahead of the game, the head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro called up 20 players with two new players in Bright Osayi-Samuel and Bruno Onyemaechi from Fenerbahce and Boavista respectively.
They are both in contention for their debut tomorrow and Osayi-Samuel says he will give his all to make the team better if he is given a chance to play. ” I want to give my best for the national team and show what I’m capable of and also make the team stronger”, he said to the official television channel of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Comfortable as a right winger, full back or right midfielder, he has so far played a total of 21 games this season with 11 coming in the league, 5 in the Europa League and a further 3 in the qualifiers. He played two games in the UEFA champions league qualifiers as well.
For the senior national team of Nigeria, he is facing competition for his spot with Empoli defender Tyronne Ebuehi for a starting spot in the absence of regular right back Ola Aina, who is injured.
