Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has told Tolu Arokodare that he will lead the Super Eagles attack in the game against Tanzania in Uyo on Friday, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Chelle will be without the services of his preferred duo in attack in Victor Osimhen and George Ilenikhena, leaving him with the option of picking the trio of Taiwo Awoniyi, Akor Adams and Tolu Arokodare in his list for the game.
Nigeria will be hoping to get their campaign back on track after suffering a 0-3 defeat to Guinea-Bissau in their last game. They will face Tanzania on the 13th and 17th of November in Uyo and Dar es Salaam.
We can exclusively reveal that Arokodare who has been in good form for Ajax with 13 goals in 17 games in all competitions, with seven of the goals coming in just 11 league games.
” Tolu will lead the attack with Akor and he is aware. That’s a discussion he has already had with Chelle. It’s now all in his hands to make the best of the opportunity in the first game to keep his spot in the second game”, he revealed.
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