Twelve out of 23 players expected to feature
for the national team against the Harambee Stars of Kenya on Saturday started
training in Calabar on Monday evening.
Apart from the nine home-based named earlier
on Sunday by Coach Stephen Keshi, Israeli based keeper, Austin Ejide, Ukraine
based midfielder Babatunde Michael and Velaranga of Norway combative
midfielder, Fegor Ogude, were the early callers at the team’s camp at Transcorp
Metropolitan Hotel in Calabar.
Ogude flew with the team from Abuja to
Calabar, while Ejide joined up about an hour after the team’s arrival. Michael
was just on time to hop into the team’s bus for the day’s training session.
The team departed for training at about
3:30pm at the Abaraham Ordia Sports Complex inside the University of Calabar
and will repeat same tomorrow and all through the days leading to the match against Harambee Stars.
Head Coach Stephen Keshi says he expects a
full house by Tuesday morning, adding that training will be the same time and
all players expected should have been in, as he needs a good number of training
sessions for the team to jell against Kenya. “We would have a full house for
Tuesday’s evening training and from there we see how ready the players are for
the task at hand”, he declared.
The team had a light training session with
the UNICAL Football team before it went into its own session that was
supervised by Keshi and his assistants.
Keshi’s Nine NPL Stars: Chigozie Agbim,
Godfrey Oboabona, Azubuike Egwueke, Gabriel Reuben, Sunday Mba, Solomon Kwambe,
Benjamin Francis, Obinna Nwachukw, Gambo Mohammed.
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