Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has been told to include at least three players in the present Nigeria U20 team at the U20 World Cup in his Super Eagles squad for the AFCON qualifiers.
Nigeria U20 team are through to the round of 16 of the World Cup where they will take on the host Argentina on Wednesday. The game will see the Nigerian team trying to get back on track after losing their last group game 0-2 to Brazil. A result that saw them drop to third in their group.
With the senior national team of Nigeria also getting set for their final games in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, with games against Sierra Leone and Sao Tome and Principe respectively, Peseiro has been told to give three players in the Nigerian U20 team a feel of senior international football.
The call was made by former Nigeria international Efe Ambrose, who benefited from representing Nigeria at U20 to the senior national team of Nigeria in 2009. He said that step shaped his career that saw him win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations with the Super Eagles.
” At least three of them should be in the team. It’s a no brainer and if I am to pick for him I will go for the trio of Daniel Daga, Benjamin Fredrick and Abel Ogwuche. I left the goalkeeper out because he has been called up already. It was what I benefited from as well and it shaped my career”, he told OwnGoalNigeria.com from his base in Scotland.
Mohammed Mowiz
