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CHAN Eagles to kick-start Nigeria’s preparation for Cameroon showdown

By Alex Monye
30 June 2017   |   4:13 am
Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr will begin his preparation for Nigeria’s Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon with home-based players, officials of the team have disclosed.

Super Eagles’s Coach, Gernot Rohr with the team during a training session.

Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr will begin his preparation for Nigeria’s Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon with home-based players, officials of the team have disclosed.

Nigeria will meet Cameroun in the first game of the double-header in Uyo on August 28 and travel Yaoundé for the reverse tie three days later.

Super Eagles’ Media Officer, Toyin Ibitoye, told The Guardian yesterday that Rohr would start preparations for the matches with the 44 players named last week by his assist, Salisu Yusuf for the African Nations Championship (CHAN), adding that it would also give the players the opportunity to stake claims for inclusion in the squad to tackle Cameroun.

Ibitoye said the Eagles’ Manager, who is still meeting with players in Europe ahead of the World Cup qualifiers, will be on ground to supervise the CHAN players’ screening, adding that quality friendly games would be organized for the team before their foreign-based counterparts arrive for the last phase of preparation for the matches.

“Rohr’s quest to ensure Nigeria beat Cameroon in the World Cup qualifiers has compelled him to pay close attention to the CHAN team. The CHAN team will serve as the platform to start assembling the best players that would battle Cameroun, which is the main priority of everybody involved with the Super Eagles,” he said.

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