Former captain John Obi Mikel was again left out of Nigeria’s soccer squad‚ signalling the potential end of his international career as coach Gernot Rohr unveiled 23 players to face SA in Johannesburg in just under three weeks. Obi Mikel‚ formerly with Chelsea and now playing his club football in China‚ also missed September’s two matches against Libya in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign and was again ignored by the coach‚ who is apparently aiming to freshen up the squad since the World Cup finals in Russia. With Victor Moses having called a premature halt to his international career and Wilfred Ndidi suspended for the Group Equalifier at Soccer City on November 17‚ Nigeria are missing three key elements as they get ready to face SA in a match in which the winning side will book their place at the finals in Cameroon in June 2019. The 23-man squad named by Rohr is spearheaded by Odion Ighalo — who scored five goals in October’s two qualifiers against Libya‚ which th...
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