Super Eagles Coach, Finidi George, is expecting Mali to give his team a tougher fight than the Blacks Stars of Ghana did in their last friendly game in Morocco.
Nigeria will, today, meet Mali in their second match of the FIFA window after beating Ghana 2-1 on Friday in Marrakech, Morocco.
Apart from Omeruo, Calvin Bassey, who also missed the game against Ghana through injury, has left the Eagles’ camp for his club, Fulham, for urgent analysis by the club’s medical team. Mali is a team that has been on the ascendancy since 2023. They showed the quality in their squad at the last AFCON, where they were on the verge on beating Cote d’Ivoire in the quarterfinals before an unexpected collapse late in the game gave the hosts the semifinal ticket.
There is also Amadou Haidara, an energetic box-to-box midfielder, who plays for RB Leipzig in the German Bundesliga and El Bilal Toure, who plays in the same Atalanta of Italy with Ademola Lookman. Super Eagles Interim Coach, George Finidi, says he is delighted with Friday’s 2-1 victory against the Black Stars of Ghana, the first in 18 years. Goals from Cyriel Dessers and Ademola Lookman earned the Eagles the victory...
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