Daily Independent (Lagos)
21 July 2011
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles has failed to score in three successive pre-World Cup matches thus far just as George Akpabio who leads the Nigeria Premier League goals race missed the team’s cut.
Akpabio, who has scored 14 goals in the NPL for relegation-threatened Plateau United, was set for his U-20 debut in a qualifying match against Guinea in Conakry but missed out because of his failure to secure an international passport.
“He has size and even though he struggled to measure up in training we were willing to give him more time to fight for a place in the team, but unfortunately when we needed him most, he was not available because he could not get his passport,” said Flying Eagles assistant coach, Samuel Abimbola.
“We allowed him to return to Jos to ensure he gets his passport but in the end, he could not travel with the team to Guinea because the document was not ready.
His goals have already earned him trials at top Norwegian club Viking just as Flying Eagles coach John Obuh continues to worry his head over his team’s goals’ drought ahead of the U20 World Cup in Colombia.
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