The duo of Alex Iwobi and Oghenekaro Etebo will be in Nigeria’s squad for the World Cup qualifiers starting next month barring any unfor...
The duo of Alex Iwobi and Oghenekaro Etebo will be in Nigeria’s squad for the World Cup qualifiers starting next month barring any unforeseen circumstances, Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has hinted.
Both players were left out from the squad that beat Tanzania
1-0 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday due to injury, but Rohr
has now suggested both players will return for Nigeria’s next assignment, which
is a World Cup qualifier against Zambia next month.
“We need to look at the player in Arsenal (Iwobi)and the
player who scored four goals in match at the Olympics (Etebo),” Rohr said after
the win over Tanzania..
Iwobi is currently out with a hamstring injury after being
taken off in Arsenal’s opening day loss to Liverpool in the Premier League, but
is expected back within the next couple of weeks.
Etebo, meanwhile, was also injured the time the squad for
the Tanzania game was announced, having suffered a hamstring injury during
Nigeria’s participation at the Olympic Games.
Nigeria are in group B of the 2018 World Cup qualifying
series with Algeria, Cameroon and Zambia.
