Obafemi Martins
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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