Rohr Recalls Odion Ighalo To Super Eagles

Ahead of the Qatar 2022 Race, Gernot Rohr has recalled Odion Ighalo to Super Eagles.

Gatekeepers News reports that the Head Coach Gernot Rohr has recalled 2019 Africa Cup of Nations’ top scorer Odion Jude Ighalo, who earlier announced his retirement from the international game following that AFCON feat in Egypt.

The Nigeria Football Federation Communication Department made this known in a statement.

According to the statement, Rohr also listed team captain Ahmed Musa, deputy captain William Ekong, defenders Kenneth Omeruo and Leon Balogun, midfielders Wilfred Ndidi and Alex Iwobi, forwards Moses Simon and Victor Osumhen, as well as 16 others for Nigeria’s closing Group C games of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 African race against Liberia and Cape Verde this month.

The invited players and overseas-based members of the technical crew are to report directly to the city of Tangier on Monday, November 8 while technical officials from Nigeria are to report in Tangier the same day.

The Super Eagles will meet the Lone Star of Liberia at the Grand Stade Tangier in Morocco on Saturday, November 16.

They will later fly into Lagos for the final group game against Cape Verde’s Blue Sharks at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Tuesday, November 16.

The statement read further, “Top of their pool with nine points but hotly chased by seven-pointer Cape Verde who host Central African Republic on the island of Mindelo, the Eagles need the three points against the Lone Star on the neutral turf of Morocco’s principal northern city to remain on firm ground when hosting the Blue Sharks three days later in Nigeria’s commercial and industrial capital.”

Meanwhile, Leicester City of England’s midfield enforcer Wilfred Ndidi, who missed the last round of games home-and-away against Central African Republic, is back in the trough, just as fellow Premiership boy Alex Iwobi and Spain-based forward Samuel Chukwueze.