Gernot Rohr, invited South Africa –based goalkeeper, Daniel Akpeyi, to replace the injured goalkeeper Carl Ikeme ahead of next week’s 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Algeria in Uyo.
Akpeyi, who is playing for Chippa United in South Africa, was in the Nigeria Under-20 squad that finished as runners –up at the 2005 FIFA U20 World Cup in the Netherlands, and was also in the bronze –winning U23 team at the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament in Brazil in August this year.
The ex-junior international is a direct replacement for Super Eagles number one, Ikeme, whose English club Wolverhampton Wanderers wrote to the Nigeria Football Federation that he would be unavailable as a result of injury.
The Super Eagles be playing against the Fennecs of Algeria in Uyo on Saturday, 12th November, in a Matchday 2 clash of the African race for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. We wish them good luck
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