Nigeria/Cameroon: Oliseh's Eagles Face Cameroon Without Enyeama

11 October 2015

Nigeria's Super Eagles look to put a turbulent week behind them when they face Cameroon in today's friendly in Brussels, Belgium. Captain and star goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama declared last week that he was bringing his 13-year international career to an end, following a dispute with head coach Sunday Oliseh over the stripping of his captaincy. The 33-year-old had been granted an extended period of leave following the death of his mother, though Oliseh was quick to deny that any confrontation had been caused by the matter.

Oliseh told Brila FM that the news of Enyeama's retirement was "very sad" but Nigeria Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick has urged the team to look to the future after they were beaten 2-0 by DR Congo in a friendly last Thursday. "There is no time for us to dwell on this defeat. We were not at the last Africa Cup of Nations finals, but the Congolese were there and finished the tournament as bronze medal-winners," he said in a message via the NFF's website.

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