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AFCON 2021: Super Eagles hold final training, ready for Guinea-Bissau

The training started at 8.30 p.m. ended at 9.30 p.m., with the team heading straight to their bus and the hotel without speaking to the media.

• January 19, 2022
Super Eagles
Super Eagles

The Super Eagles on Tuesday had their final training session of the final Group D game against Guinea-Bissau at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon.

The training took place at the annexe pitch of the Roumde Adjia Stadium in Garoua.

But the session looked uneventful as the three-time champions only have the Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau, with only one point from two games, to play on Wednesday.

They will take to the main pitch of Stade Roumdé Adjia at 8:00 p.m., needing at least a draw to finish as group leaders.

During the training, which started at 8.30 p.m. and lasted for about an hour, all 27 players in the squad took part.

Eagles coach Augustine Eguavoen supervised the session with assistant coaches Salisu Yusuf, Paul Aigbogun, Joseph Yobo, Terry Eguaoje and Aloysius Agu.

Goalkeeper trainer Agu also drilled the quartet of Maduka Okoye, Daniel Akpeyi, Francis Uzoho and John Noble.

The players were in a boisterous mood as they looked forward to the game.

Yusuf, Yobo and Agu put them through their paces with light jogging and stretches in the first 20 minutes.

They quickly observed a one-minute water break afterwards before going into an intensive training session in the last 40 minutes.

Agu worked on the reflexes of the goalkeepers, while Yusuf, Yobo and Aigbogun put the 23 other players through some ball work exercises for 10 minutes.

The players were split into two groups in the final 30 minutes of the training. They worked on short passes and ball control, with the first group comprising team captain Ahmed Musa, Olaoluwa Aina, Joe Aribo, Olisa Ndah, Zaidu Sanusi and Henry Onyekweru. Others were Sadiq Umar, Chidozie Awaziem, Kenneth Omeruo, Samuel Chukwueze, Moses Simon, Taiwo Awoniyi and Frank Onyeka.

The second group had assistant team captain William Troost-Ekong, Kelechi Iheanacho, Oluwasemilogo Ajayi, Kelechi Nwakali, Jamilu Collins, Alex Iwobi, Wilfred Ndidi, Tyronne Ebuehi, Chidera Ejuke and Peter Olayinka.

The training started at 8.30 p.m. ended at 9.30 p.m., with the team heading straight to their bus and the hotel without speaking to the media.

(NAN)

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