{"id":5537,"date":"2024-01-22T15:46:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T14:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2024\/01\/22\/read_news-phpnid50200\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T15:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T14:46:56","slug":"read_news-phpnid50200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2024\/01\/22\/read_news-phpnid50200\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Eagles starting XI v Guinea-Bissau: Arsenal and Chelsea alums start; Hale End product misses out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsbody\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/..\/football_pics\/42019Omeruo2.png\" height=\"240\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"Super Eagles starting XI v Guinea-Bissau: Arsenal and Chelsea alums start; Hale End product misses out \" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Allnigeriasoccer.com <\/strong>can exclusively report that Jos\u00e9 Peseiro has named his starting lineup for the Super Eagles clash with Guinea-Bissau in the final group game of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has named Stanley Nwabali in goal for the third consecutive game but has handed a first start to former Chelsea defender Kenneth Omeruo who will be partnered by Arsenal alum Semi Ajayi and Calvin Bassey in the central defensive area.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nChelsea&#8217;s Cobham product Ola Aina has kept his place in the side but might have to play at left wing-back as Bright Osayi-Samuel has also been given his first start of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There is another change in the middle of the park as Arsenal&#8217;s Hale End Academy product\u00a0 Alex Iwobi drops to the bench and has been replaced by Joe Aribo who will play alongside Frank Onyeka in a two-man midfield.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nIn attack, Moses Simon has regained his place in the starting lineup having been named among the substitutes in the triumph over the Elephants.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Nantes forward will be joined by AC Milan winger Samuel Chukwueze and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Super Eagles will not only be bidding to qualify automatically but also top the group with a victory over Guinea Bissau as they are level on points with Equatorial Guinea heading into the final group game.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe three-time African champions will top the group if they beat the Wild Dogs and Equatorial Guinea get beaten by Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s starting lineup v Guinea-Bissau: Nwabali; Ajayi, Omeruo, Bassey; Ola Aina, Onyeka, Aribo, Osayi-Samuel; Moses Simon, Chukwueze, Osimhen<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAbdulkareem Abdulhamid<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/read_news.php?nid=50200\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allnigeriasoccer.com can exclusively report that Jos\u00e9 Peseiro has named his starting lineup for the Super Eagles clash with Guinea-Bissau in the final group game of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. \u00a0 He has named Stanley Nwabali in goal for the third consecutive game but has handed a first start to former Chelsea defender Kenneth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}