Super Eagles caretaker coach Augustine Eguavoen has expressed confidence that several players from the CHAN Eagles could break into the Super Eagles.
Eguavoen said he believes that qualification to the delayed 2024 CHAN in February will afford players from the domestic league a chance to show what they are capable of at international level for them to subsequently stake a claim for places in the Super Eagles.
On Saturday in Uyo, the CHAN Eagles take on Ghana in the second leg of a final playoff for the 2024 CHAN after both teams played out a scoreless draw in Accra at the weekend.
“Qualification for the CHAN is an opportunity to showcase our league, it is also an opportunity for some of the boys to break into the senior national team,” Eguavoen said in an interview on Kennis FM Radio
“We’re looking for that opportunity to give them to break into the senior national team, but that chance hasn’t come because the games have been so close that the boys in Europe come in just three, two days before a game and also these games are delicate and we can’t take risks.
“With the CHAN, they can prove what they can do, then they have an opportunity to play for the senior team, maybe four, five of them.
“I am sure they won’t toy with this big opportunity.”
