Nigeria vs Lesotho: Iwobi, Uzoho, Etebo start

Everton winger, Alex Iwobi, has returned to the Super Eagles’ starting line-up in their last African Cup of Nations qualifier against Lesotho after missing out of the game against Benin Republic after his COVID-19 test result returned positive. Iwobi was cleared by CAF for the Lesotho game after the result of another COVID-19 test done […]

Everton winger, Alex Iwobi, has returned to the Super Eagles’ starting line-up in their last African Cup of Nations qualifier against Lesotho after missing out of the game against Benin Republic after his COVID-19 test result returned positive.

Iwobi was cleared by CAF for the Lesotho game after the result of another COVID-19 test done in Nigeria returned negative.

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Others in the Eagles line-up are goalkeeper Francis Uzoho who is making a return to the National team after the injury he sustained in a friendly match against Brazil in October 2019.

How we line up vs #Lesotho
Kick Off: 5pm#SoarSuperEagles #Team9jaStrong pic.twitter.com/mFWfHxBokH

— 🇳🇬 Super Eagles (@NGSuperEagles) March 30, 2021

Also, Oghenekaro Etebo, who was an unused substitute in the game against Benin Republic, has replaced Joe Aribo who is having stomach complications.