Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi yesterday surprised football followers and handed El-Kanemi goalkeeper David Obiazor a chance in the national team as replacement for Vincent Enyeama. Keshi said it was based on the keeper’s good performance in the Nigerian league. The move came as the camp of the Eagles in Calabar has swollen to 17 out of the 23 players invited in readiness for the crunch tie on Saturday against Congo. By late evening the team had a full house at the training session to the delight of the technical crew. But only nine players trained in the morning training session. It was all laughter when Chelsea star, Mikel Obi appeared with hand gloves for fear of the Ebola virus.
Ahmed Musa, Ogenyi Onazi, Efe Ambrose, Kenneth Omeruo, Juwon Oshaniwa, Sone Aluko, John Mikel Obi and stand in captain Austin Ejide arrived on time to have lunch with the rest of the team while Stephen Keshi opted for David Obiazor of El-Kanemi as replacement for first choice keeper Vincent Enyeama.
Having the fear of Ebola in mind, Mikel who hit camp with hand gloves asked Coach Keshi if he needed some. “Coach I have up to four hand gloves and if you don’t mind, I can hand one pair to you”, he said jokingly with the rest of the team reeling with laughter. According to the team’s media officer, Ben Alaiya, the spirit in camp is very excellent especially with the arrival of the superstars. Speaking with optimism, Keshi said he expects the best from the players on Saturday in the game against Congo.
Announcing the replacement of Enyeama with Obiazor, the national team head coach said he picked him based on performance having been following him on the Nigerian league. “We have been monitoring the Nigerian league and we see that the keeper of Elkanemi is a talent; that is why we want to give him a trial. We will see how it turns out when he arrives camp”, Keshi said.
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