Nantes of France winger Moses Simon will be a part of the Super Eagles group of captains for the 2021 Africa Cup of after wearing the armband in the second half of yesterday’s 2-0 win over Coton Sport.

Interim coach of the team Austine Eguavoen made as many as nine changes for the second half of the friendly encounter and handed the captain armband to the 26 year old.

Simon responded with a near faultless performance which he capped with an assist for Samuel Chukwueze for the second goal which sealed victory for the Super Eagles.

It is believed that Eguavoen sees him as one of the captains alongside the duo of Ahmed Musa who is the substantive captain and William Troost Ekong who is his deputy, Simon will play the role of third captain we gathered.

He has been a part of the Super Eagles squad since 2015 making him one of the senior players in the Nigerian team who will begin their quest to win a fourth Africa Cup of Nations with a game against Egypt on the 11th of January.

Interim coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Austine Eguavoen has picked out the one area his team need to work on before their opening AFCON 2022 game against Egypt on the 11th of January.

Nigeria ran out 2-0 winners over Cameroon side Coton Sport in a practice match with goals from Ahmed Musa and Samuel Chukwueze handing them the win in the game where Eguavoen played two different teams.

Speaking to the NFF official channel after the game, the coach praised both teams for their ball possession and movement as winning the game is good for the confidence of the team.

“Impressive because we played two different teams. Another 11 players in the second half just to see how the team will fare in the weather conditions. I will tell you we struggled a little bit with the weather. In terms of ball possession and movement. I think we were very impressive. Winning this game is a very good thing for us”, he said.

“They did very well. It’s really difficult to compare both teams. Yes they missed couple of chances and we scored only one goal. Second group came on , missed couple of chances also and scored only one goal. So result is Nigeria 2 Coton Sport nil but like we know it’s a practice match. Nobody wants to go in full force because we have to try to play safe a little bit but however, I think I am impressed with everyone who came in”, he rounded up his explanation.

On the tactics and the way he wants the team to play, the former Super Eagles defender who won the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia said the players responded well but need to work on arriving in the box, an area he hopes to fix before their opening game.

“The players did respond to my tactics but at times we didn’t because of fatigue. The ball movement is a bit faster as we require and they were doing that but as the game progress, you can see fatigue started setting in. So the ball movement became a little bit slower but the moment they recuperate. They always go out there and do exactly what we asked them to do but in front of goals we are too few.

“That is something we have to work on too. Crosses are coming well, ball possession, playing to the side which is our strength is very good but then arriving in the box with fewer player is not so good. That is something we have to work on in the coming days”, he concluded.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria defeated Cameroonian side Coton Sport Garuoa in a friendly game as part of their preparation for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Coach Austine Eguavoen lined up his players in a 4-2-3-1 formation. A formation he maintained despite making nine changes to the team that started the second half of the game.

Captain Ahmed Musa scored the opening goal of the game by profiting from a defensive mix up to give Nigeria the lead. He was however substituted for Alex Iwobi few minutes later after picking up a knock.

In the second half Moses Simon went on a mazy run before laying the ball on a plate for Samuel Chukwueze to score with the easiet of tap in. Below is how they were lined up for both half of the game.

1.Maduka Okoye
2. Ola Aina
12. Zaidu Sanusi
5. William Ekong
22. Kenneth Omeruo
4. Wilfred Ndidi
10. Joe Aribo
14. Kelechi Iheanacho
13. Chidera Ejuke
17. Ahmed Musa (Alex Iwobi)
19. Taiwo Awoniyi

Second Half Lineup

23. Francis Uzoho
26. Olisa Ndah
12. Zaidu Sanusi
6. Semi Ajayi
20. Chidozie Awaziem
8. Frank Onyeka
25. Kelechi Nwakali
18. Alex Iwobi (Henry Onyekuru)
17. Samuel Chukwueze
15. Moses Simon
24. Sadiq Umar ( Peter Olayinka)

The Super Eagles of Nigeria defeated Cameroonian side Coton Sport Garuoa in a friendly game as part of their preparation for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Coach Austine Eguavoen lined up his players in a 4-2-3-1 formation. A formation he maintained despite making nine changes to the team that started the second half of the game.

Captain Ahmed Musa scored the opening goal of the game by profiting from a defensive mix up to give Nigeria the lead. He was however substituted for Alex Iwobi few minutes later after picking up a knock.

In the second half Moses Simon went on a mazy run before laying the ball on a plate for Samuel Chukwueze to score with the easiet of tap in. Below is how they were lined up for both half of the game.

1.Maduka Okoye
2. Ola Aina
12. Zaidu Sanusi
5. William Ekong
22. Kenneth Omeruo
4. Wilfred Ndidi
10. Joe Aribo
14. Kelechi Iheanacho
13. Chidera Ejuke
17. Ahmed Musa (Alex Iwobi)
19. Taiwo Awoniyi

Second Half Lineup

23. Francis Uzoho
26. Olisa Ndah
12. Zaidu Sanusi
6. Semi Ajayi
20. Chidozie Awaziem
8. Frank Onyeka
25. Kelechi Nwakali
18. Alex Iwobi (Henry Onyekuru)
17. Samuel Chukwueze
15. Moses Simon
24. Sadiq Umar ( Peter Olayinka)

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The senior national team of Nigeria will later today play their first warm up game ahead of the start of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

Nigeria arrived Cameroon in the early hours of Thursday and had their first work out session at the VSTS-Annex of Roumde Adjo stadium in Garoua, the city where the Nigerian team will be based for all of their group games which starts with a game against Egypt on the 11th of January.

Today at around 4pm Nigerian team they will take on 15 times Cameroon Premier Leagues champions Coton Sport on same pitch mentioned above.

While the game won’t be on TV, it is expected to be live on the Facebook page of the Cameroonian side and probably on their YouTube channel. However we gathered it is subject to approval from their Nigerian counterpart.

The senior national team of Nigeria had their first training session in Cameroon following their arrival for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations which starts on the 9th of January.

Training was held at the lush green VSTS-Annex of Roumde Adjo stadium in  Garoua, the city where the Nigerian team will be based for all of their group games which starts with a game against Egypt on the 11th of January.

Interim coach of the team Austine Eguavoen started the session by splitting them into a group of four with his assistants Paul Aigbogun, Salisu Yusuf and Joseph Yobo handling various groups for warm up drills.

Goalkeeper’s coach of the team Alloy Agu later took the four goalkeppers namely Francis Uzoho, Daniel Akpeyi, Maduka Okoye and John Noble for a special drill, which from what we say is same as the usual drill in Abuja.

After the tactical drills, the players had a mini test match among themselves with coach Eguavoen supervising. It was a session involving defenders and attackers and it lasted for an hour.

During the test match, Samuel Chukwueze came out top with his dazzling runs and close ball control proving to be a menace against the defenders he was up against. Other players who did well include Wilfred Ndidi, Moses Simon, Chidozie Awaziem and Sadiq Umar.

The president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick has given his word of assurance to incoming coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro that his salaries won’t be an issue.

NFF have had issues in settling salaries of past coach and still owe former coach of the team Gernot Rohr around three months salaries aside the fact that he will be entitled to earn his salary for the remaining part of his contract.

Players of the Super Eagles are also owed match bonuses with captain of the team Ahmed Musa confirming that they are yet to be paid their bonus for two of the games during the course of the World Cup qualifiers.

Per the above issues, there have been talks about how the Federation will offset the payment of salaries of newly appointed coach Jose Peseiro, who will take over from interim coach Austine Eguavoen immediately after the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

Pinnick has allayed such fears by explaining that they are putting plans in place to help offset the debts owed to former coach Rohr as well as the salary for his successor Peseiro who will begin work in March.

”We’re working on having other sponsors who will be responsible for his salaries. This way, there will be a warehouse for his salaries. Gernot Rohr’s outstanding debts will be cleared in the next 10 days. There’s not going to be any friction between us concerning his entitlements. What we are sure is that the new coach will not be owed a dime, at least, for the next six months”, he explained.

Interim coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Austine Eguavoen has named the two players he wanted as replacement for Al Shabab forward Odion Ighalo in his 2021 Africa Cup of Nations squad.

Ighalo is yet to be released by his Saudi Arabia team with Nigeria set to start their campaign at the 2021 AFCON against Egypt on the 11th of January. The club is insisting that his contract bars him from representing Nigeria at international level.

Eguavoen said he already picked two players to replace the AFCON 2019 highest goal scorer but CAF rules which says players in the final squad can only be replaced on account of injury stopped him.

He said he already had Nasarawa United forward Silas Nwankwo or Hammarby winger Akinkumi Amoo in his mind as replacement but couldn’t add either of them due to the rule. He is however hopeful that they will be a fair ending to the Ighalo saga.

“We spoke, we exchanged text messages and from his response he is doing everything possible to come by. I thought of replacing him. I gave a deadline and tried to bring in either the boy from Nasarawa United Silas Nwankwo. He is a good player no doubt because it’s striker for striker and also Akinkumi Amoo but he is not a striker but again can play off the striker”, he explained

“So I thought of replacing Ighalo with any of them but what they are saying, CAF is saying is only base on injury, health reasons that’s the only way you can replace players.

“So that was what was holding us back but the Federation is putting all efforts way out from here. The young man Odion is also doing his best from there. Hopefully we will get a positive answer. So if it wasn’t for the rules that says it has to be on medical grounds otherwise you can’t replace somebody. Maybe we would have just told him Odion you know what. We don’t want you to go through that“, he concluded.

The senior national team of Nigeria will tomorrow take on Cameroon side Coton Sport in a friendly game ahead of their first game at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations against Egypt on the 11th of January.

Interim coach of the Nigerian team Austine Eguavoen will use the game to fine tune preparations with an idea on how players will react to his methods as he hasn’t handled them in any game before.

After less than three days training with his his full squad, it’s easy to see how the coach intends to use the players at his disposal plus the likely formation for tomorrow’s game.

Per what OwnGoalNigeria.com witnessed at their training session, Eguavoen will likely line up the players in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Sadiq Umar and Chidera Ejuke coming into the team in attack and midfield respectively.

Below is how we think they will line up tomorrow.

Maduka Okoye
Ola Aina
Zaidu Sanusi
Kenneth Omeruo
William Troost Ekong
Wilfred Ndidi
Chidera Ejuke
Moses Simon
Alex Iwobi
Kelechi Iheanacho
Sadiq Umar