Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has included Crotone’s Simy Nwankwo and Lorient’s Terem Moffi in his 31-man provisional squad for the upcoming international friendly match against Cameroon on June 4 in Vienna.
The 31-man list will be trimmed to 23 players ahead of the encounter scheduled for Wiener Neustadt, just south of the Austrian capital.
Regular fixtures including goalkeeper Maduka Okoye, Alex Iwobi, Ola Aina, Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho, Samuel Chukwueze and Victor Osimhen are in the squad while Nwankwo, Almeria’s Sadiq Umar, Moffi also got the nod.
The last time Nigeria and Cameroon battled each other was in the Round of 16 of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt and the Super Eagles claimed a 3-2 win, thanks to Odion Ighalo’s brace and Alex Iwobi’s match-winning goal.
Next month’s outing is expected to get Rohr’s side prepared for their 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying campaign which will begin in September.
Nigeria are in Group C of the qualifiers with Cape Verde, Liberia and Central African Republic while Cameroon are in Group D alongside the Ivory Coast, Mozambique and Malawi.
