The senior national team of Nigeria will today take on a local team in Abu Dhabi where they are presently camped in preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Head coach of the Nigerian team Jose Peseiro, who has been drilling the team into shape since the start of the week has picked the players who will start in today’s game which is their first ahead of tomorrow’s international friendly game against Guinea.
For this game against the local side, which is an unofficial game and will kick off by 4pm in Dubai , we can exclusively report that he has decided to stick with his well loved 4-2-4 formation.
Peseiro also kept faith in goalkeeper Francis Uzoho and handed a start to captain of the team Ahmed Musa, while in attack Sadiq Umar got the nod to partner with Victor Osimhen and Chidozie Awaziem was picked to play alongside Calvin Bassey in central defence.
Starting XI:
Francis Uzoho
Zaidu Sanusi
Ola Aina
Chidozie Awaziem
Calvin Bassey
Joe Aribo
Frank Onyeka
Ademola Lookman
Ahmed Musa
Sadiq Umar
Victor Osimhen
