Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has gone with his strongest starting lineup for today’s high profile friendly game against Portugal, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Super Eagles have been involved in a series of friendlies in the summer starting with the Unity Cup tournament in London, which they won after a 2-0 win over Zimbabwe in the semi final, and a 3-0 win over Jamaica in the final.
Chelle rejigged the team for their next friendly which ended 2-2 against Poland in Warsaw, and today’s game against World Cup bound Portugal he has made changes to the team that started the last game.
In defence, the duo of Calvin Bassey and Semi Ajayi will start after playing as a substitute against Poland, Emmanuel Fernandez drops to the bench while Igho Ogbu is absent due to injury.
Alex Iwobi returns to the midfield and takes up his spot for what will be his 100th cap for the senior national team of Nigeria, with Tochukwu Nnadi dropping to the bench.
In attack Chelle handed a start to Samuel Chukwueze to play from the right , Terem Moffi drops to the bench while Akor Adams leads the line.
