Coach Gernot Rohr has selected captain Ahmed Musa and deputy captain William Ekong among the 24 Super Eagles who will do battle with Cameroon in a titanic friendly in Vienna.
The five-time African champions, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, would take on three-time champions, the Super Eagles, in Vienna, Austria, on June 4.
Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), said some home boys, John Noble and Anayo Iwuala of Enyimba were also among the 24 players picked for the friendly.
The list also has goalkeepers Maduka Okoye and Francis Uzoho, defenders Ola Aina and Chidozie Awaziem, midfielders Wilfred Ndidi and Abdullahi Shehu, and forwards Victor Osimhen, Kelechi Iheanacho, Moses Simon and Simy Nwankwo.
Turkey –based former U20 defender. Valentine Ozornwafor, Denmark –based midfielder Frank Onyeka and Lorient FC of France’s Terem Moffi were also included
The Eagles triumphed over the Indomitable Lions 3-0 in a friendly in Belgium, in Oct. 2015.
They have also not lost to the Lions in regulation time since the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Yaounde on 27th August, 1989.
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