The decision of Jose Peseiro to invite Daniel Bameyi to the senior national team of Nigeria for the upcoming back to back AFCON qualifiers games against Guinea Bissau has stirred a lot of discussion.

Bameyi plays for non league side Yum Yum FC and recently captained the Nigeria U20 team to a third place finish at the U20 Africa Cup of Nations, the team also qualified for the World Cup by finishing among the top four teams at the tournament.

At the tournament, he wasn’t seen by many as one of the top players in the team and even in defence, he lost his spot as the centre back to Abel Ogwuche when he got suspended. When he returned, he was shifted to right back.

Benjamin Fredrick who was his partner in central defence for the group games was largely hailed as the star of the team but surprisingly the Simoiben Football Academy graduate wasn’t handed a call up.

Responding to the discussion surrounding the invitation of Bameyi, Peseiro explained that although he likes Frederick a lot, Bameyi got the nod due to the fact that he can play in as a right back and also as a centre back.

“As you can see, I choose two right backs, two left backs, three centre backs and Bameyi who can play right back and centre back, four midfielders, four wingers and four strikers.

“We want to build a team with balance. There are other players who are maybe better than Bameyi in Nigeria U20 team, okay I like the centre back (Benjamin Frederick) but can he do the same in the same position? No”, he rounded up saying.

Damian Waziri

The head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has explained the reason behind his decision to invite the captain of the Nigeria U20 team to the senior national team of Nigeria for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers games against Guinea Bissau.

Bameyi made the 23 man list for the game and has been actively training with the rest of the team ahead of the first of back to back games against Guinea Bissau, which is scheduled for Friday at the Moshood Abiola stadium in Abuja.

Ahead of the game, Peseiro was asked the reason why he picked the defender who plays for non league side Yum Yum FC ahead of other players especially those in the Nigeria Professional League, he explained he only watched four league games in Nigeria which isn’t enough to assess a player but he watched Bameyi several times.

“I keep more time with the U20. I watched the training, I watched the friendly match. I watched three match, it’s different”, he explained at the pre match conference.

Bameyi recently represented Nigeria at the U20 Africa Cup of Nations, where he captained the Nigerian team to qualification for the World Cup by finishing third but he wasn’t rated as the best for Nigeria and even lost his centre back position upon his return from suspension. He had to fill in at right back.

Peseiro admitted that although they are other players who are technically better than the 17 year old, the fact that he can play in more than one role gave him the edge ahead of others particularly Benjamin Fredrick, a player he confessed that he likes a lot.

“I keep more time with the U20. I watched the training, I watched the friendly match. I watched three match, it’s different”, he said at the pre match conference.

One of the names that was missing from the list of invited players of the senior national team of Nigeria for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers was that of the top scorer in the English Championship Chuba Akpom.

Akpom has been unstoppable this season for Middlesbrough in the English Championship with 24 goals in 31 games, which has helped to keep the promotion dreams of the team alive. He has twice been voted the player of the month in the league.

However despite switching nationality to Nigeria from England, where he played at different levels as a junior international he was snubbed for the games against Guinea Bissau. His form since his decision to pledge his international future to Nigeria in 2019 has never been this good.

Reacting to why he was left out of the team,  coach of the team Peseiro said he takes responsibility for his omission, insisting that at the moment he doesn’t have faith in the 27 year old and trust the other players playing in his position to deliver in his team.

“If I give you one chance to take someone from my team and put him. Who will you remove? I like all my players. I like them and I understand you”, he responded to OGN editor in chief Mohammed Mowiz.

“It’s my job as the coach to choose the best player for our team but if I ask other guys or maybe the 120 million Nigerians . They can’t choose others but it’s my job and in my mind I choose the best players for our team.

“Of course I know this player., I have visit this player, you check this player. You know I visit many players at their clubs. If I choose this one in this moment. I believe more on him than the others . For that I am the coach, I take responsibility. If I loose cut my neck not your neck.

“I appreciate, I know this player, my staff also. We see these players for each weekend, we see 48 match, watching all the players. Yes he (Akpom) is a good player I know but in this moment. I don’t have enough confidence in him but in the future of course, it’s open for everyone”, he rounded up saying.

A hint on how the attack of the senior national team of Nigeria will look like when they take on Guinea Bissau in tomorrow’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers game has been provided by head coach of the team Jose Peseiro.

The coach has his hands filled with options in attack with the trio of Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman and Terem Moffi  heading into this game in their best form in a long while. They have scored a combined total of 48 goals but in Peseiro’s favored 4-4-2 system only two can be picked.

With Osimhen already established as the first choice striker, the deal was about who will pair him in attack with Lookman doing wonders in a double strikers role at Atalanta but Moffi has also done well in the same role playing for the Super Eagles.

Peseiro per what we saw in yesterday’s session as settled for the duo of  Osimhen and Lookman as the attacking duo and Napoli man responded with three goals in training to further show his adaptability to his possible partner in attack.

A final decision is expected to be reached after today’s final session at the Moshood Abiola stadium, the venue of tomorrow’s game.

Waziri Damian

The Nigeria U23 team played the first leg of the U23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers tie against Guinea in Abuja and it ended in a 0-0 draw, OGN reports.

Both teams had a very poor first half with Nigeria coming the closest to breaking the deadlock when Ogunniyi Omojesu saw his effort come off the wood work. It was the only meaningful action of the first 45 minutes.

In the second half, Nigeria struggled to carve out any meaningful opening with coach Salisu Yusuf resorting to making substitutions but all failed to provide the spark needed to open scoring in the game.

Guinea who were well organized in defence and also looked deadly on the break hanged on for a 0-0 score with the hope of overturning the deficit when they host Nigeria in three days time.

The result has now piled more pressure on Salisu Yusuf, who has so far failed to convince since taking over as the coach of the team. Failure to qualify for the AFCON which is the qualifiers for the Olympics will no doubt but the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) under pressure to fire the coach.

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The Nigeria U23 team will take on Guinea in the first leg of the final round of qualifiers for the U23 Africa Cup of Nations later today at the Moshood Abiola stadium in Abuja, OGN reports.

Ahead of the game coach of the Nigerian team Salisu Yusuf has been in camp for around two weeks drilling around 27 players in preparation for the game. The preparation hasn’t been smooth sailing with 16 out of the 30 players initially invited sent packing due to age discrepancies.

He called up 16 players based abroad with question marks on at least 11 of the players due to the limited game time at their clubs with some playing in obscure European leagues and low division.

One name that would have lighten their chances of getting past Guinea over two legs is Gent of Belgium hitman Gift Orban. The 20 year old who has taken the Belgium top division league by storm following his January transfer deadline day move.

Orban has scored 12 goals in ten games this season with 7 coming in just six league games and a three minutes hattrick in the Europa Conference League, which is a new record for European club competition.

It was his form that led to a call up to the Nigeria U23 team by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) who decided to bypass the coach Salisu Yusuf, who wasn’t keen on having the ex Stabæk forward in his team.

His hesitation led to a delay in the invitation letter sent to Gent and falling outside the 14 days required by FIFA for clubs to be informed about the invitation of their players for national team engagement.

Although Salisu claimed the invitation was sent within the deadline of 14 days, his representative told OGN that he only got his letter of invitation last weekend after his haul against Zulte Waregem in the Belgium top division.

” Gift was invited a week ago. Gent made it clear in their reply to the invitation that the timing is short and they can’t prepare him for the game. The invitation came late and it was at their mercy to either accept or decline. That was what happened”, he said.