Nigeria and Cameroon battle again

Super Eagles of Nigeria will battle the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon again in the second match of their double header friendly match today in Austria.

The Francophone Country had on Friday June 4 beating the Super Eagles 1-0 courtesy of Frank-Andre Zambo Anguissa 37th minute goal, the win was the first the Cameroonians have had over Nigeria since the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations final in Lagos.

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr said some changes will be made to the team that played on Friday because of injuries and also to try new things. “There will be some changes in the team, Francis Uzoho will be in goal, [Ahmed] Musa will start because he is fit, we lost Troost-Ekong so Valentine [Ozornwafor] will come in for the first time.

“These matches are made to test some players who have not played so much and also to have new organization maybe try something different and we want to win it also because we have never won in Austria after four games.”

The 67-year-old further went ahead to calm nerves back home about the result of the first match by reinstating that the result is of less important and the team progress is of most important. “The most important thing is not the result, the most important is to progress to learn to work,” he said.

“We have 16 players who could not come, five central defenders, two defensive midfielders [Joe] Aribo, [Frank] Onyeka and all the strikers could not come, the wingers, [Samuel] Kalu, Henry [Onyekuru], [Victor] Osimhen, Simy [Nwankwo] and [Umar] Sadiq also because of the play-offs.

“It is a different camping but we have some experience now, we are interested in the new players and what they can do in this match against Cameroon.”

The match will kick off 5pm Nigeria time.

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