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Super Eagles Set To Depart For Marrakech Ahead Sao Tome And Principe Game

Nigeria’s Super Eagles will jet off to Marrakech, Morocco on Saturday evening for their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matchday two encounter against the Falcons of Sao Tome and Principe on Monday, Prime Business Africa reports.

The Eagles will play away against Sao Tome and Príncipe in 72 hours time at their Moroccan makeshift home in Marrakech.

The Super Eagles defeated Sierra Leone 2-1 on Thursday evening at the MKO Abiola stadium in Abuja to start their Group A qualifying campaign on a bright note.

Jose Peseiro’s team are however second on the log after the São Tomé and Principe were hammered 5-1 by Guinea-Bissau.

Monday’s fixture is the first time ever the Eagles and São Tomé and Principe will clash in world football.

Meanwhile, Super Eagles resumed training Friday evening at 6pm inside the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja ahead of Monday’s clash.

Meanwhile centre back William Troost-Ekong has been ruled out of the Sao Tome & Principe clash due to groin injury.

The Super Eagles vice captain has left camp and back to London to start treatment in preparation for the upcoming season.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.