Levante
striker Obafemi Martins may have been dropped from coach Stephen
Keshi’s team to the 2013 Africa Nations Cup holding in January in South
Africa but the diminutive player has received another chance to feature
in a Nations Cup tournament on Friday (today) at the Apapa Navy Ground,
Ajegunle, Lagos.
Martins
exclusion alongside several other top players from the trip to South
Africa was greeted with mixed reactions but the former Inter Milan
forward has been listed as one of several foreign-based players expected
to feature in an exhibition match at the ongoing Ajegunle Mock Nations
Cup.
The
match tagged ‘Homecoming’ will involve some of the country’s best stars
plying their trade in the European leagues against their home-based
counterparts.
Also
listed for the match is Dynamo Kiev forward, Brown Ideye, who made the
Super Eagles 32-man provincial list for South Africa 2013.
Other
foreign-based players expected to feature in the game are former Flying
Eagles captain and Granada forward, Odion Ighalo, Sweden-based Eddy
Egbe, Eyo Archibong from Switzerland, Lawal Momoh from Germany, Don Kefe
and several others.
Director
of the competition, Lawrence Alabra, said most of the players who will
be in action on Friday started their careers through the Mock Nations
Cup.
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