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Cole and Ola get Nigeria call
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| 2008-08-05 14:38:23 |  |
LAGOS (AFP) - West Ham striker Carlton Cole was on Tuesday called up for Nigeria's World Cup qualifier away to South Africa next month.
Cole, whose father is Nigerian, has yet to be capped by Nigeria. The other uncapped player in the 20-man squad for the tie, which also serves as a 2010 Africa Nations Cup qualifier, is Italy-based defender Daniel Ola. Watford defender Danny Shittu and Obafemi Martins of Newcastle have been recalled after they were left out of the team's campaign in June due to injury. Nigeria are top of Group Four that also includes Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea with the maximum 12 points from four matches. The full squad: Goalkeepers: Dele Ayenugba (Bnei Yehuda/ISR), Greg Etafia (Moroka Swallows/RSA) Defenders: Joseph Yobo (Everton/ENG), Danny Shittu (Watford/ENG), Chidi Odiah (CSKA Moscow/RUS), Yusuf Mohammed (Al Hilal/SUD), Daniel Ola (Cesena/ITA), Obinna Nwaneri (FC Sion/SWI), Taye Taiwo (Marseille/FRA) Midfielders: Seyi Olofinjana (Stoke City/ENG), Kalu Uche (Almeria/SPA), John Mikel Obi (Chelsea/ENG), Lukman Haruna (Monaco/FRA), Yusuf Ayila (Dynamo Kiev/UKR) Strikers: Emmanuel Okoduwa (Dynamo Kiev/UKR), John Utaka (Portsmouth/ENG), Carlton Cole (West Ham/ENG), Obafemi Martins (Newcastle/ENG), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Everton/ENG), Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth/ENG) |
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RGPII1 August 5th, 2008 18:51
Nigeria hasn't had much trouble in qualifications: top of the group I believe. They may be going with the young blood here to get them ready for the future and condition them. Good to see a Hammer as a Super Eagle. Nigeria have won all of their qualifiers, six goals for, zero against!: see http://www.soccerway.com/teams/nigeria/nigeria : why are they playing South Africa in a qualifier? Mostly players from Foreign teams, they better not let the home folks down again: though crime is a big problem if you live in Lagos, Delta and some parts of Nigeria, other parts are real tranquil. http://www.soccerway.com/international/world/wc-qualifying-africa <------ If South Africa have to qualify, I know what it is, it is to qualify for the AFCON: African Cup of Nations, but it's still confusing.Escape_to_Victory August 5th, 2008 21:15
Wow! U know your African football RGP.