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Nigerian ex-internationals warns Super Eagles coach on team selection

LAGOS, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Nigerians have continue to express displeasure against the backdrop of the lackluster performance displayed by Nigeria's Super Eagles against the Black Mambas of Mozambique in Maputo last Sunday.

Former Nigeria's Super Eagles striker Victor Ikpeba has charged the Super Eagles chief coach Shaibu Amodu to feature those who are playing regularly for their clubs instead of using inactive players in the ongoing World Cup qualifiers.

The former Monaco of France players in an interview with a local radio station pointed out that the players the national team paraded against Mozambique last Sunday ...

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