Super Eagles Watch : Iwobi, Nosa, Alimi Impress; Mikel, Iheanacho, 7 Invited Players Inactive; Shehu Red Carded; Balogun, Ezenwa Injured
Rundown of Super Eagles players invited for the World Cup qualifier against Zambia fared in their respective leagues. <br /><br /><b>Carl Ikeme</b> : The Wolves glovesman started and played the full game in his team<span class="fullstory">’s 3-1 win over Brentford at Molineux Stadium, his ninth straight appearance in the Championship this term.<br /><br /><b>Ikechukwu Ezenwa </b>: The FC Ifeanyi Ubah goalie faces a fitness check ahead of his trip to the Super Eagles camp after picking up an unspecified injury in the derby against Enyimba on Sunday.<br /><br /><b>Emmanuel Daniel</b> : The Nigeria U23s star was not involved in Enugu Rangers 2-1 win at Ikorodu United in the penultimate round of the Nigeria Professional Football League.<br /><br /><b>Leon Balogun</b> : The German-born defender was substituted in the ninth minute due to an adductor problem in Mainz 3-2 loss to Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. It was his fifth appearance in the Bundesliga this term.<br /><br /><b>William Troost-Ekong</b> : He made his 20th start for FKH in their 1-0 loss to IK Start at Sparebanken Sør Arena. The number five played the full game. <br /><br /><b>Kenneth Omeruo</b> : The Chelsea loanee has helped goalkeeper Yılmaz keep two clean sheets since his arrival and hopes to be involved in Monday</span><span class="fullstory">’</span><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory">s game with Adanaspor.<br /><br /><b>Jamiu Alimi </b>: He impressed at the heart of defense despite Kano Pillars losing 1-0 to Heartland, according to the Media Officer of Kano Pillars, </span></span><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="st">Idris Malikawa.<br /><br /><b>Abdullahi Shehu</b> : The Dream Team VI stopper was shown a red card after 12 minutes as </span></span></span><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="st"><span class="fullstory">Anorthosis Famagusta lost 4-1 to league leaders AEK Larnaca at Athlítiko Kentro Zenon .<br /><b><br />Musa Mohammed</b> : Ex-Flying Eagles skipper Musa Mohammed has been inactive for </span></span></span></span><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="st"><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory">Istanbul Basaksehir </span>since the start of this season and was not in the squad that drew 2-2 with Osmanlıspor.<br /><br /><b>Elderson Echiejile</b> : The Monaco loanee was not selected for Standard Liege</span></span></span></span><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="st"><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory">’</span><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory">s 3-0 win over Eupen. He has not played in the Belgian top-flight since completing his move but has been involved in Cup action.<br /><br /><b>Kingsley Madu </b>: The left-back was a non-playing substitute as Zulte-Waregem beat Mechelen 3-2 at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne.<br /><b><br />John Obi Mikel </b>: The Super Eagles skipper has been inactive for Chelsea since the start of this season and was not in the Blues squad that lost 3-0 to Arsenal at the Emirates. <br /><br /><b>Eddy Onazi</b> : The defensive midfielder played the last one minute of Trabzonspor</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="st"><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="st"><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory">’</span><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory">s</span></span></span></span></span></span> 1-0 win over Konyaspor .<br /><br /><b>Wilfred Ndidi</b> : The young defensive midfielder started and put in a full shift as Racing Genk lost 4-1 to Kortrijk.<br /><br /><b>Nosa Igiebor</b> : He got the ball rolling in the fifth minute as Maccabi Tel Aviv registered a 5-0 win over one of his former teams, Hapoel Tel Aviv.<br /><br /><b>Anderson Esiti</b> : The physical midfielder assisted Gent register a 2-1 win over Sint-Truiden. He was introduced in the 73rd minute and was yellow carded three minutes later.<br /><br /><b>Ahmed Musa</b> : Musa was not in the Leicester City squad that were out-foxed 4-1 by Manchester United at Old Trafford. <br /><br /><b>Kelechi Iheanacho</b> : The 19-year-old was a non-playing substitute for Manchester City in their 3-1 win at Swansea City.<br /><br /><b>Moses Simon</b> : Exciting winger is still recovering from a hamstring problem and was not in Gent</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="st"><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="st"><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory"><span class="st"><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory">’</span><span class="fullstory"><span class="fullstory">s squad this past weekend, as you would expect.<br /><br /><b>Victor Moses</b> : He watched proceedings from the bench as Chelsea lost 3-0 to Arsenal at the Emirates, the first Premier League game has not been involved so far this season. <br /><br /><b>Alex Iwobi </b>: Picked up the Man of the Match accolade following his imperious display against Chelsea. The 20-year-old was o the Emirates pitch for 69 minutes before he was replaced. <br /><br /><b>Brown Ideye</b> : He logged ninety minutes but could not prevent Olympiakos from losing their first game of the season to Larissa.<br /><br /><b>Isaac Success </b>: The former Golden Eaglets and Flying Eagles star is in contention to face Burnley at Turf Moor on Monday night.<br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel<br /><br />Photo Credit : arsenal.com <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><br /><br /></span></span> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>
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