Nwabili was a relative unknown until a few weeks ago, but now he will represent Nigeria at the Africa Cup of Nations< /p>
Super Eagles coach Jose Peceiro has revealed that he has decided to include Stanley Nwabili in his 25-man African Cup of Nations squad after being impressed by his performance at Chippa United, Soccernet ng strong> Report.
The Super Eagles have had goalkeeping problems for two years. Nigeria lost an important match due to a goalkeeper error. Since Jose Peseiro took over as coach, he has rotated between Maduka Okoye, Francis Uzoho and Adebayo Adelaje.
Peseiro has always defended goalkeepers but Chippa United goalkeeper Nwabili’s name came up before AFCON.
Peseiro was sometimes photographed with the goalkeeper after a match against the South African club. Ultimately, Nwabili was selected in Nigeria’s 40-man AFCON reserve squad along with Uzoho, Olorunleke Ojo, Adebayo Adelai, Christian Nwoke and Obasogie Amasu.
The NFF announced Nigeria’s squad for the African Top League last week, and Nwabiri was included in the squad.
In an interview with NFF TV, Peseiro explained his decision. The Portuguese player explained that he consulted the club’s coach in Nwabiri before signing the 27-year-old, who saw the player live.
“There weren’t many videos of the South African league available to us, but some friends sent us videos of Nwabili playing in the South African league,” Peseiro said.
“I requested the NFF president to let me go there. So I stayed in South Africa for four days to talk to him, talk to the coach and a lot of other people. Training , practices, and games. After an overall evaluation, we decided to include him in the final list.
“We have confidence in him because he has shown good quality, good performances and good skills. Now we hope he can show the same quality as he did at the club. I am.
If Nwabili performs well in training, he could take the starting jersey from Uzoho. AFCON begins on January 13th for him, while Nigeria will begin his AFCON journey with his January 14th match against Equatorial Guinea.
