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After failing to convince Liverpool’s Jordon Ibe to play for Nigeria, Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, on Wednesday invited Arsenal youngster Alex Iwobi for Nigeria’s friendly games against the Leopards of DR Congo on October 8 and the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon on October 11. The two matches will be played in Belgium.
Iwobi scored his first goal for Arsenal in their 6-0 win over Lyon in a preseason friendly. He was the only addition to the new list of players for the friendlies released on Wednesday by the Nigeria Football Federation.
The 19-year-old, who is the captain of the Gunners’ Under-21 side has represented England at the U-16, U-17 and U-18 levels, but has since shown his interest in playing for Nigeria at the senior level.
According to the NFF, the Iwobi, who trained with the national U-23 team in March, has been cleared by FIFA to play for Nigeria because he did not feature for England in any official game.
The NFF added that it had received a list of seven matches that Iwobi played for England at the youth level from The Football Association, and none of them was an official match.
The Nigerian football body noted on its website that FIFA said that Iwobi could represent Nigeria since he has permanent Nigerian citizenship and did not represent another association (country) in a match in an official competition.
Iwobi, who is former Eagles captain Austin Okocha’s nephew, was quoted in January as saying that Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu influenced his decision to play for Nigeria.
Iwobi will join seven other forwards – Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow, Russia); Emmanuel Emenike (Al Ain, UAE); Sylvester Igbonu (FC UFA, Russia); Moses Simon (KAA Gent, Belgium); Victor Moses (West Ham United, England); Odion Ighalo (Watford, England); and Prince Aggrey (Sunshine Stars).
All invited players, including four goalkeepers, eight defenders and five midfielders, are expected to arrive in Belgium on October 5 ahead of the two encounters.
The friendly games are meant to prepare the Eagles for their fixture against the winner of the preliminary round between Swaziland and Djibouti on November 9 in a 2018 World Cup first round qualifier and the return leg in Nigeria November 17, as well as their next Gabon 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Egypt.
Juventus striker Alvaro Morata believes if his team are playing at their very best they can beat anyone, following their 2-1 win over Manchester City.
The Bianconeri got their first competitive win on Tuesday aside from the Supercoppa Italiana, defeating Manchester City 2-1 in their opening match of the Champions League.
“It will be great to return to Genoa,” Morata told Sky Sport Italia.
“It is where we won the Scudetto, so there are many happy memories,” the Spaniard added.
“We will however have to give everything to get the victory and move up the table.
“It’s pretty clear we haven’t started the best possible way.”
Manchester City succumbed to a spectacular strike from the Spaniard on Tuesday, with the 22-year-old receiving high praise from his former club Real Madrid.
“We knew that if we played our best that we could win.If the team are united together, we can beat anyone.As for the compliments from Madrid, it’s normal.
“I am only thinking about winning with Juventus and scoring a lot of goals for them.”
