Morocco 2025: Nwabali out of Amavubi clash after Dad's demise
Posted : 17 November 2024
The Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Augustine Eguavoen, has excused grieving first-choice goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali from the Super Eagles’ squad for Monday’s final 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against the Amavubi of Rwanda in Uyo.
“He has been excused from the game. However, the player will still come to watch the match and cheer on his teammates,” Team Administrator Dayo Enebi Achor said.
The player announced via his social media handle on Friday that his father, Godspower Onyekam Abali, Chief Onyeogazrim I of Okwuzi, had passed away. The former chief surveyor was 67.
Nwabali’s absence means the contest for the number-one jersey in Monday’s encounter at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium will be a straight one between Italy-based Maduka Okoye and Ethiopia-based Amas Obasogie.