Victor Moses, Mikel John Obi
and Odion Ighalo are likely to be in the Nigeria line-up to face England in a
World Cup warm-up match this weekend, coach Gernot Rohr said.
Super Eagles “We will have
Victor Moses, Mikel and Ighalo for the England match,” he said after Monday’s
friendly against DR Congo, which ended 1-1. Midfielder Obi, of Tianjin TEDA,
and Changchun Yatai forward Ighalo, were rested for the match in Port Harcourt
after they joined the squad from China.
Moses, of Chelsea, will join
up with his teammates in England after being granted an extended break. Rohr
has already said Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi will be fully fit for
Saturday’s match at Wembley. He is recovering from a hamstring injury.
Nigeria and England have
played each other twice before: England won a friendly in 1994 1-0 while the two
sides played a goalless draw at the 2002 World Cup. The Super Eagles will be in
Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Wednesday to meet President Muhammadu Buhari before
flying out to London. After the match, Nigeria leaves for a training camp in
Austria, where they will play a final warm-up game against the Czech Republic
on June 6. They depart for Russia on June 11.
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