{"id":144312,"date":"2023-10-11T19:04:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T16:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/?p=144312"},"modified":"2023-10-11T19:04:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T16:04:26","slug":"okoye-replaces-adeleye-in-super-eagles-october-friendlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/okoye-replaces-adeleye-in-super-eagles-october-friendlies\/","title":{"rendered":"Okoye replaces Adeleye in Super Eagles October Friendlies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jose Peseiro, the head coach of Nigeria <a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/super-eagles-coach\/\">Super Eagles<\/a>, handed a late call-up to Udinese goalkeeper Maduka Okoye on Wednesday, October 11.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maduka Okoye is back!<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year old Udinese goalkeeper has been added to the squad for the international friendlies against Saudi Arabia & Mozambique on Oct. 13 & 16.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SuperEagles?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SuperEagles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KSANGA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#KSANGA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MOZNGA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#MOZNGA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/apfaoPOU6Z\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/apfaoPOU6Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Home of Nigerian Football (@EaglesTrackerNG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EaglesTrackerNG\/status\/1712102756561871210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 24-year old Udinese shot-stopper got the unexpected call-up as a result of the ongoing crisis between Israel and Hamas which has halted Hapoel Jerusalem's goalkeeper Adebayo Adeleye from traveling to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/super-eagles-squad-for-october-friendlies-unveiled\/\">Super Eagles squad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Israel came under attack from Hamas militias on Saturday, with hundreds of people confirmed dead while several others are either injured, missing or captured.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144315\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-144315\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_48016377.jpg\" alt=\"Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_48016377.jpg 850w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_48016377-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_48016377-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_48016377-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_48016377-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_48016377-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_48016377-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_48016377-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_48016377-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_sipausa_48016377-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maduka Okoye of Udinese Calcio warms up during the Serie A football match between US Salernitana and Udinese Calcio at Arechi stadium in Salerno (Italy), August 28th, 2023.\/Sipa USA No Sales in Italy &#8211; Photo by Icon sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Domestic football has been suspended, and flights in and out of the country monitored under strict regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria national team is preparing to play two friendly matches against Saudi Arabia and Mozambique in the next six days.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Peseiro had invited 25 players for the games, including three goalkeepers \u2013 Francis Uzoho, Olorunleke Ojo, and Adeleye Adebayo. Unfortunately, Cyprus-based Uzoho is the only goalkeeper who has reported to the Super Eagles camp after it opened on Tuesday, October 10.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports Enyimba goalkeeper Ojo may not be available for the game as he is reportedly in Lagos, waiting for his Portuguese visa.<\/p>\n<p>Adeleye and Ojo are not among the 20 players already in the Super Eagles camp in Portugal. And the Nigeria Football Federation has invited Okoye to fill in for them just like <a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/super-eagles-replace-awoniyi-with-sadiq-umar\/\">Sadiq Umar<\/a> was called up to replace injured Awoniyi.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144314\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-144314\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_466259701.jpg\" alt=\"Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_466259701.jpg 850w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_466259701-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_466259701-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_466259701-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_466259701-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_466259701-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_466259701-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_466259701-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_466259701-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_466259701-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Interestingly, Okoye was the Super Eagles\u2019 number-one goalkeeper at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, but he fell out of favour after Nigeria crashed out of the tournament at the knockout stages under interim coach Austin Eguavoen.<\/p>\n<p>Since Nigeria\u2019s 1-0 defeat to Tunisia at the AFCON in Cameroon, Okoye has only been invited to one national team engagement \u2013 the 4-0 friendly defeat to Portugal in November 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a year later, the 24-year-old gets another chance to impress coach Peseiro as the Super Eagles prepare for the 2023 AFCON in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jose Peseiro, the head coach of Nigeria Super Eagles, handed a late call-up to Udinese goalkeeper Maduka Okoye on Wednesday, October 11. Maduka Okoye is back! The 24-year old Udinese goalkeeper has been added to the squad for the international friendlies against Saudi Arabia &#038; Mozambique on Oct. 13 &#038; 16.#SuperEagles #KSANGA #MOZNGA pic.twitter.com\/apfaoPOU6Z &mdash; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1003,"featured_media":144313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no"},"categories":[1,20999],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Joseph Abadi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144318,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144312\/revisions\/144318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144312"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=144312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}