The head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has made two changes to the lineup of the senior national team of Nigeria for today’s AFCON game against Ivory Coast, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Nigeria will be looking for their first win of the tournament against the host who were 2-0 winners over Guinea-Bissau in their first game, unlike Nigeria who were held to a 1-1 draw by Equatorial Guinea.
Realizing the importance of the game, Peseiro has made some little adjustments to the lineup for the first game with a switch of formation to 3-4-3 like we revealed four days ago.
Calvin Bassey go in as part of a back three alongside the duo of William Troost-Ekong and Semi Ajayi.
In the 3-4-3 formation, Ola Aina and Zaidu Sanusi will slot in as the right and left wingback respectively. In the midfield the absence of Alhassan Yusuf due to injury means Frank Onyeka will go in alongside Alex Iwobi .
In attack the coach dropped Moses Simon for Samuel Chukwueze in the starting lineup, who has recovered fully from the knock that made him drop to the substitute bench in the first game.
Per what we exclusively gathered, those are the two changes the coach has made for the game that will take centre stage at the tournament by 6pm Nigerian time.
Starting XI
Stanley Nwabali
Ola Aina
Zaidu Sanusi
William Troost-Ekong
Semi Ajayi
Calvin Bassey
Ademola Lookman
Alex Iwobi
Victor Osimhen
Frank Onyeka
Samuel Chukwueze
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
