Super Eagles supervisor, Gernot Rohr could wrestle with a goalkeeper determination migraine in the twofold header 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying games against Sierra Leone in Novembeer.
Nigeria will continue serious football at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin against Sierra Leone on November 13 and meet their West African neighbors in a converse installation four days after the fact.
Rohr is spoilt for decision in the goalkeeping office with Maduka Okoye, Daniel Akpeyi and Sebastian Ogenna Osigwe in the fundamental rundown while Francis Uzoho and lkechukwu Ezenwa are both ready and waiting.
Cpmplete Sports columnist, OLUYEMI OGUNSEYIN, profiles the goalkeepers that Rohr will browse in the impending conflicts with Sierra Leone.
Maduka OKOYE (Sparta Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Maduka Okoye as of late dazzled in the Super Eagles well disposed ties against Algeria and Tunisia and the German-conceived Nigerian goalkeeper made his serious introduction for Sparta Rotterdam on Wednesday.
Okoye was in objective for Sparta Rotterdam yet finished on the losing side after they were killed by ADO Den Haag in the first round of the Dutch Cup, an excursion which held at the Cars Jeans Stadion.
The 21-year-old didn't disillusion as he made five indispensable recoveries to keep Sparta Rotterdam ahead for a large portion of the game after Danzell Gravenberch gave them the lead on 39 minutes before ADO evened out.
Be that as it may, the previous Fortuna Dusseldorf shot-plug was beaten by Luuk Koopman in added time as the game finished in a1-1 draw and went it into a punishment shoot-out where he was unable to make any spare.
Club football is critical to assist keep with forming and wellness yet interestingly, Okoye never indicated permeability in objective rather
he was capable versus both Algeria and Tunisia.
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Daniel AKPEYI (Kaizer Chiefs, South Africa)
Gernot Rohr is helped by the arrival of Daniel Akpeyi who was in objective for Kaizer Chiefs on Tuesday as they beat Chippa United 1-0 of every a Premier Soccer League game at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
Having missed Chiefs 3-0 1loss to Mamelodi Sundowns, Akpeyi was cleared to confront Chippa subsequent to missing the finish of last season because of medical affliction and after likewise getting another South African work license.
The 33-year-old is required to keep his place when Kaizer Chiefs visit Orlando Pirates in their next match which is the semi-finals of
the MTN 8 Cup at the Orlando Stadium come Saturday.
Then, Akpeyi has been reviewed for the following month's AFCON qualifiers against Sierra Leone to establish the pace for a new clash of Super Eagles goalkeepers against Maduka Okoye who is the best option.
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Sebastian OSIGWE (FC Lugano, Switzerland)
Swiss-conceived Nigerian goalkeeper, Sebastian Ogenna Osigwe has at long last got his much-anticipated first since forever greeting into the Super Eagles even in front of the AFCON qualifiers against Sierra Leone one month from now.
Osigwe has never shrouded his craving to speak to Nigeria in spite of being conceived in the Swiss city of Luzern to a Nigerian dad and will be prepared to get the open door with two hands in the wake of being welcomed.
The previous Flying Eagles goalkeeper student joined FC Lugano who play in the Swiss Super League throughout the late spring move window subsequent to finishing his six-year stretch with lower leagueoutfit, SC Kriens.
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Lucerne-conceived Osigwe marked a three-year manage Lugano, keeping him at the club until the finish of the 2022-2023 season. He is yet to keep a spotless sheet in four Swiss Super League appearances for Lugano.
Yet, with the 26-year-old telling a customary shirt at Lugano, it was truly hard for
Super Eagles chief, Gernot Rohr not to look towards the goalkeeper's heading before the following month's apparatuses.
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Francis Uzoho (APOEL Nicosia, Cyprus)
Francis Uzoho has gotten back to activity again subsequent to going through longer than a year uninvolved because of the injury he supported during Nigeria's 1-1 neighborly draw against the Selecao of Brazil in October 2019.
The Nigeria nternational showed up of the 2020/21 season as APOEL Nicosia disappeared to slaughter PAEEK 4-0 of every a Cypriot Cup challenge at the Keryneia Epistrophi on Wednesday night
He took to the online media to commend the mportant triumph and his re-visitation of activity. "Following 380 days here I'm back more grounded IN CHRIST.ALONE," the 22-year-old composed on his checked Twitter page.
The news comes as an immense help for Gernot Rohr as he reported his Eagles crew for the following month's 2021 African Cup of Nations twofold header against Sierra Leone on Thursday, 29th of October, 2020.
Uzoho will currently be hoping to make his Cypriot first Division debut for APOEL who he joined on a lasting arrangement in the late spring move window against Apollon Limassol at the GSP Stadium on Saturday.
Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Heartland FC, Nigeria)
Ikechukwu Ezenwa has never truly been the best option goalkeeper for the Super Eagles as he has consistently needed to take on a supporting role and going into November's AFCON qualifying ties, he is coordinate corroded.
The 31-year-old had really uncovered his readines for the two games against Sierra Leone with his exhibitions for Heartland back in March which had seen him keep six clean-sheets in ten matches.
Notwithstanding, the Coronavirus pandemic spoilt things and prompted the suspension of all football exercises for certain months with the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) new season yet to commence.
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