NPFL All-Star team head
coach Salisu Yusuf has
named Enyimba
goalkeeper Theophilus
Afelokhai in the final 25-
man squad to play on the
friendly tour of Spain.
Included on the list are
Enugu Rangers’ Obinna
Nwobodo, Rabiu Ali (Kano Pillars), Ifeanyi Ifeanyi
(MFM FC), Chinedu Udoji (Enyimba), Austin
Oboroakpo (Abia Warriors), Joseph Osadiaye
(Enyimba), Chisom Egbuchulam (Enugu Rangers),
among others.
Yusuf said the selection was based on the
players’ performances in the two-week camping
in Abuja.
The League Management Company (LMC) said
Enyimba players in the All-Star team will travel
directly from Egypt after their Caf Champions
League fixture at Zamalek.
LMC chairman Shehu Dikko said the idea is to
give Enyimba full complement of their players for
the African campaign.
“It is to ensure that the country's remaining
representative in the continental competition have
the full complement of their best players in this
crucial encounter,” said Dikko to npfl.ng.
LMC said all the 25 players have been notified
that the last phase of camping begins on Monday
in Abuja.
“They are to report back to camp on Monday,
August 1 and would travel from camp on August
8,” said the LMC.
Fixtures released showed that the NPFL All-Star
team will play their first match against La Liga
side, Valencia CF on August 10 inside the Alzira
Stadium in the city of Valencia.
The NPFL All-Star team will then join the Trofoe
Carranza tournament in Cadiz with their first
match against Uefa Champions League and
LaLiga runners-up, Atletico Madrid on August 12.
The next fixture of the NPFL All-Star in the
Carranza tournament is against Malaga CF three
hours after the tie against Atletico Madrid on
same August 12.
NPFL All-Star will play in the finals if they go
beyond the group stage or lose then play against
the other losers. All the post-group stage
matches will hold on August 13.
Full list of 25 players:
Goalkeepers: Theophilus Afelokhai (Enyimba),
Ikechukwu Ezenwa (FC IfeanyiUbah), Emeka
Nwabulu (Wikki Tourists)
Defenders: Etim Mathew (Enugu Rangers),
Samuel Ifeanyi Nweke (Nasarawa United), Chima
Akas (Enyimba), Gabriel Wasa (Niger Tornadoes),
Austin Oboroakpo (Abia Warriors), Jamiu Alimi
(Kano Pillars), Chinedu Udoji (Enyimba),
Emmanuel Ariwachukwu of (Akwa United)
Midfielders: Ifeanyi Ifeanyi (MFM FC), Obinna
Nwobodo (Enugu Rangers), Ekundayo Ojo
(Sunshine Stars), Rabiu Ali (Kano Pillars),
Alhassan Abdullahi Ibrahim (Wikki Tourists),
Charles Henlong (Wikki Tourists)
Forwards: Bassey Ezekiel (Enyimba), Joseph
Osadiaye (Enyimba), Hussaini Mohammed Bata
(El-Kanemi Warriors), Chisom Egbuchulam
(Rangers), Godwin Obaje (Wikki Tourists), Ismaila
Gata (FC IfeanyiUbah), Oluwadamilare Ojo
(Enyimba), Sikiru Olatunbosun (MFM)

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