WHILE Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund is still pleading with clubs to release players ahead of next month's African Nations Championship (CHAN), Nigeria have named their team, which includes golden striker Sunday Mba.
Coach Stephen Keshi has also added three Under-17 national team players to the 30-man provisional team that started their camp in the capital Abuja on Monday.
The trio are Kelechi Iheanacho, Dele Alampasu and Taiwo Awoniyi, who were part of the Nigerian team that won the 2013 Fifa Under-17 World Cup in United Arab Emirates.
Mba became a household name after top drawer performances during the Africa Cup of Nations finals in South Africa at the beginning of the year.
The 24-year-old Warri Wolves striker scored the goal that ended Nigeria's 19-year wait for their third Afcon victory after beating Burkina Faso in the final.
Besides Mba, three other players who were part of the Afcon squad are in the African Nations Championship team that Keshi is confident will win the title.
They are goalkeeper Chigozie Agbim (Enugu Rangers), midfielder Azubuike Egwuekwe (Warri Wolves) and striker Ejike Uzoenyi (Enugu Rangers).
Nigeria avoid CHAN drama
WHILE Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund is still pleading with clubs to release players ahead of next month's African Nations Championship (CHAN), Nigeria have named their team, which includes golden striker Sunday Mba.
Coach Stephen Keshi has also added three Under-17 national team players to the 30-man provisional team that started their camp in the capital Abuja on Monday.
The trio are Kelechi Iheanacho, Dele Alampasu and Taiwo Awoniyi, who were part of the Nigerian team that won the 2013 Fifa Under-17 World Cup in United Arab Emirates.
Mba became a household name after top drawer performances during the Africa Cup of Nations finals in South Africa at the beginning of the year.
The 24-year-old Warri Wolves striker scored the goal that ended Nigeria's 19-year wait for their third Afcon victory after beating Burkina Faso in the final.
Besides Mba, three other players who were part of the Afcon squad are in the African Nations Championship team that Keshi is confident will win the title.
They are goalkeeper Chigozie Agbim (Enugu Rangers), midfielder Azubuike Egwuekwe (Warri Wolves) and striker Ejike Uzoenyi (Enugu Rangers).
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