{"id":5246,"date":"2025-09-02T23:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pillartoday.ng\/?p=5246"},"modified":"2025-09-02T23:53:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:53:50","slug":"2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifying-match-eagles-camp-bubbles-as-training-begins-in-uyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"pillartoday.com.ng\/?p=5246","title":{"rendered":"2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Match: Eagles\u2019 Camp Bubbles As Training Begins In Uyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <strong>Dianabasi Effiong<\/strong><\/p>\n<div data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">Nigeria\u2019s camp has come alive ahead of Saturday\u2019s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying showdown with Rwanda, with team captain William Troost-Ekong leading by example.<\/div>\n<div data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">\nThe Saudi Arabia-based defender arrived at camp on Monday, alongside goalkeeper Amas Obasogie and defenders Bruno Onyemaechi and Felix Agu.<\/div>\n<div data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">\nAgu, who plays his club football with Werder Bremen in Germany, impressed at left back at the Unity Cup Tournament in London in the summer.<\/div>\n<div data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">\nDependable forward Simon Moses, who scored a goal and made an assist in his new club, Paris FC\u2019s league win at the weekend, is also in camp, as is Greece-based goalkeeper Adeleye Adebayo, defenders Chidozie Awaziem and Benjamin Fredericks, and midfielders Wilfred Ndidi, Frank Onyeka, and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru.<\/div>\n<div data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">\nWing-back Olaoluwa Aina, defenders Bright Osayi-Samuel and Calvin Bassey, and midfielder Alex Iwobi have also arrived.<\/div>\n<div data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">\nFirst-choice goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, back in training after an injury scare last week, was expected on Tuesday evening.<\/div>\n<div data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">\nMidfielder Christantus Uche is expected alongside forwards Samuel Chukwueze (now in English Premiership side, Fulham FC from AC Milan of Italy), Tolu Arokodare (now in Wolverhampton Wanderers from KRC Genk in Belgium), and Cyriel Dessers (now in Panathinaikos in Greece from Glasgow Rangers of Scotland).<\/div>\n<div data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">\nAfrican Player of the Year, Ademola Lookman, Galatasaray of Turkey\u2019s Victor Osimhen, and midfielder Raphael Onyedika are also expected.<br \/>\nThe squad of 23 will also execute Tuesday\u2019s Matchday 8 encounter against South Africa in Bloemfontein.<\/div>\n<div data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">\nAccording to the organisers, the match will be played at the Toyota Stadium (also known as Free State Stadium) on Tuesday evening.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dianabasi Effiong Nigeria\u2019s camp has come alive ahead of Saturday\u2019s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying showdown with Rwanda, with team captain William Troost-Ekong leading by example. The Saudi Arabia-based defender arrived at camp on Monday, alongside goalkeeper Amas Obasogie and defenders Bruno Onyemaechi and Felix Agu. Agu, who plays his club football with Werder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}