Rohr replaces Ikeme with Akpeyi

Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr has replaced injured Super Eagles number one, Carl Ikeme with South Africa –based goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi for next week’s 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Algeria in Uyo.

The former junior international replaces Ikeme whose English club Wolverhampton Wanderers wrote to the Nigeria Football Federation that he would be unavailable as a result of a hip injury he sustained against Blackburn Rovers in the English Championship last week.

Akpeyi, who stars for Chippa United, was in the Nigeria U20 squad that finished as runners –up at the 2005 FIFA U20 World Cup in the Netherlands, and was also in the bronze –winning U23 team at the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament in Brazil in August this year.

The Super Eagles take on the Fennecs of Algeria in Uyo on Saturday, 12th November, in a Matchday 2 clash of the African race for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

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