The Super Eagles players have held their first training session ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying clash against Cameroon.
All the invited players including Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi, Ahmed Musa, Ogenyi Onazi, Odion Ighalo, Elderson Echiejile, William Troost-Ekong, Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi and 15 others took part in the training session on Tuesday evening.
Nigeria will host Cameroon, the reigning African champions at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, on Friday before flying to Yaounde for a return leg on Monday, September 4th.
Super eagles captain John Obi Mikel is well aware of the threat their Camerounian counterparts pose ahead of their crucial double header against them.
The former Chelsea midfielder who has been to two World Cup finals spoke to FIFA.com about Friday's opponents:
"As everyone knows, they are a very good team,” he said of Cameroon. “They are strong and they play with confidence.
We must get ourselves well prepared for this game and try our best to get on top against them.
It won't be easy but these are important matches. If we win both, we will be almost there.”
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