The Uche brothers have been given a
late minute call-up by the Nigeria head coach ahead of Wednesday's Africa
Nations Cup qualifier against South Africa.
Coach Stephen Keshi
has recalled Villarreal forward Ikechukwu Uche and Al Rayyan SC of Qatar star
Kalu Uche for Super Eagles all important Africa Cup of Nations game against
South Africa on Wednesday.
Nigeria lost 3-2 at
home on Saturday to Claude Le Roy’s Congo in Calabar, and will be hoping to
bounce back towards qualifying for Morocco 2015.
The duo were brought
in to replace Uche Nwofor and El Kanemi Warriors goalkeeper David Obiazor who
were part of the Eagles that played against the Red Devils.
Keshi last Wednesday
revealed the pint-sized player was not invited to be part of the team to play
Congo and South Africa in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers because he
wanted to be begged.
"He was
supposed to be part of the team that is presently in camp but he said we must
beg him first to play for Nigeria because he was left out of some competitions
but I can’t beg anyone to play for Nigeria, impossible. That’s why he is not
here,” said Keshi in a press release by Super Eagles media officer Ben Alaiya.
Uche fell out with
the ‘Big Boss’ during the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa and has
been snubbed since, missing the Confederations Cup and 2014 FIFA World Cup
despite being Nigeria's highest scoring striker in Europe in that period.
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