Three-time winners Nigeria and seven-time champions Egypt shall be at one another’s jugular on the Cairo Stadium tonight, in a pleasant match meant to organize each groups for his or her campaigns on the 35th Africa Cup of Nations finals kicking off in Morocco on Sunday.
Each groups can have the chance to check a clutch of newbies, with Nigeria supervisor Eric Sékou Chelle in a position to discipline the likes of goalkeeper Amas Obasogie, defender Ryan Alebiosu, midfielders Usman Muhammed, Tochukwu Nnadi and Ebenezer Akinsanmiro, and forwards Paul Onuachu and Salim Fago Lawal, if he so wishes.
Pharaohs’ Coach Hossam Hassan, himself an AFCON legend, scored seven objectives as Egypt gained the 1998 version of the championship in Burkina Faso, ending as joint prime scorer with South Africa’s Benni McCarthy, whose group ended up with the silver medals.
Hassan will most likely weave his sport plan for the pleasant match and the AFCON event itself round Liverpool ace Mohamed Salah, who, regardless of a hefty trophy shelf, is in search of his first AFCON title. There will even be Manchester Metropolis of England’s Omar Marmoush, Al Ahly’s Mohamed El-Shenawy, Mohamed Hany, Yasser Ibrahim, Emam Ashour and Mahmoud Trezeguet.
There are additionally CAF Champions League holders Pyramids’ Mohamed Hamdy and Mostafa Fathi, and UAE-based Ibrahim Adel, in addition to Mostafa Mohamed of FC Nantes in France.
Chelle is most certainly to set his retailer by goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, defenders Vivid Osayi-Samuel, Semi Ajayi Calvin Bassey and Zaidu Sanusi, midfielders Wilfred Ndidi, Frank Onyeka and Alex Iwobi, and forwards Samuel Chukwueze, Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman.
The match will kick off at 8pm Egypt time (7pm Nigeria time).
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