Eight gamers within the Tremendous Eagles squad for the ultimate two video games of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers could possibly be disqualified from taking part in towards Benin Republic.
Nigeria coach, Eric Chelle named 22 gamers for the video games towards Lesotho and Benin Republic.
The three-time African champions will play Lesotho in South Africa on Friday earlier than going through Benin Republic 4 days later.
Eight of the gamers in Eric Chelle’s are strolling a disciplinary tightrope, allnigeriasoccer.com experiences.
They’re Semi Ajayi, Calvin Bassey, Alex Iwobi, Wilfred Ndidi, Tolu Arokodare, Stanley Nwabali, Ademola Lookman, and Bruno Onyemaechi.
These participant are all one yellow card away from being suspended having been booked in earlier rounds of the qualifiers.
Additionally on this class are Jamilu Collins, Sodiq Ismail, Vivid Osayi-Samuel and Umar Sadiq however they weren’t referred to as up for the video games.
Osayi-Samuel couldn’t make it for the qualifying video games towards Lesotho and Benin attributable to harm.
Fifa’s laws states that any participant who receives two cautions in separate matches is mechanically suspended for the following recreation.
Nwabali, Lookman, Ndidi, Bassey, Iwobi, by this regulation might miss the sport towards Benin Republic in the event that they by any probability get one other yellow card.
Nigeria are in third place within the Group C, the place they path the likes of Benin Republic (group leaders) and South Africa in second place.
