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Super Eagles Holds First Training Session Ahead Sao Tome And Principe Clash

Pic.9. Nigerian Super Eagles receive pep talk from a technical official after their training ahead of Friday nightís friendly against the reigning African champions, Desert Warriors of Algeria, at Eaglesí camp in Austria on Tuesday (6/10/20). 05559/6/10/2020/Jones Bamidele/NAN

Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Sunday evening had their first training session ahead of Monday’s Matchday 2 clash in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sao Tome and Principe reports Prime Business Africa.

The Nigeria Football Federation Television channel, NFF TV uploaded the video of the session which was not open to the public.

The Group A game will be played at Moroccan city of Agadir which is the adopted home ground of Sao Tome following a temporary stadium ban on their national stadium.

The Eagles defeated Sierra Leone 2-1 on Thursday but trail behind Guinea Bissau who thrashed Sao Tome and Principe 5-1 same day.

Jose Peseiro and his team arrived Morocco late Saturday evening.

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.