The international window is here again as the final spots for the 2022 World Cup get finalised over the next fortnight with Nigeria vying for a place against our West African rivals Ghana. I previewed the 1st leg on the episode which takes place on Friday March 25th at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi including predicting our anticipated starting XI & the key questions ahead of the crunch tie
Key midfielder Wilfred Ndidi will be missing from the tie after sustaining a knee injury in Leicester’s 2nd leg UEFA Conference leg Round of 16 tie against Rennes on Thursday and he’s been replaced in the squad by Lorient midfielder Innocent Bonke
I also ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues including Victor Osimhen scoring consecutive braces for Napoli over the past fortnight in respective 2-1 wins over Verona away & Udinese at home to take his league tally to 11 for the season while keeping Napoli firmly in the title race with 9 games to go
In England, Alex Iwobi scored a last minute winner on Thursday for Everton in their crucial 1-0 win over Newcastle to keep them out of the relegation zone while Cyriel Dessers has continued his excellent form in Netherlands with 4 goals and 2 assists in his past 5 games for Feyenoord
In Denmark, Akinkunmi Amoo scored his 1st goal for FC Copenhagen in his 1st start for the league leaders in a 1-0 win over FC Nordsjaelland over the weekend to move 21 points clear at the top of the table
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