Nigeria's Super Green Eagles are expected in Ghana on March 23rd,2022 ahead of their crunch fixture in the 2022 FIFA World Cup play off.
Ghana were due to host their West African neighbours at the Cape Coast Stadium on March 25, but the venue has been changed following an inspection by the CAF team who deemed the facility unfit to host a World Cup qualifier.
After which the second leg will come off four days later at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja with the winner qualifying for the 2022 World Cup later this year in Qatar.
Nigeria coach Augustine Eguavoen has named his 25 man squad for the fixture and the players are expected to arrive in Africa's most populous nation by Sunday 20th March 2022 for preparations to start before they travel to Ghana on 23rd March.
The coach is expected to cut down the squad by omitting two players from the squad before the trip to Ghana.
“He (Eguavoen) is in charge of the team so, we hope to see the changes he will make in terms of personnel for the game in the coming days", an official of the Nigeria Football Federation said in an interview.
“We should not dwell much on the squad list because the important thing is that we have a crux of players that we will possibly work with. The most important thing now is for our players to stay fit for the games. Let us all support the coaches and the team to beat Ghana, which is our main objective.”, he added.
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