Keshi picks Alampasu, 22 others for CHAN
(Nigeria) Super Eagles’ Head Coach Stephen Keshi on Tuesday in Abuja released the list of 23 players who will represent Nigeria at the third edition of the African Nations Championship, CHAN. CHAN event is billed for January 11 to February 1, 2014 in three South African cities. The list has three goalkeepers, eight defenders, six midfielders and six forwards, with 2013 Golden Eaglets’ star goalkeeper Dele Alampasu making the cut. The team’s first-choice goalkeeper and skipper, Chigozie Agbim, as well as team regulars such as defenders Azubuike Egwuekwe, Solomon Kwambe and Francis Benjamin also made the list. Former junior internationals Abdullahi Shehu and Christian Pyagbara also made it, joining Alampasu on the list of the new crop of young players graduating to the senior team. Agbim, Kwambe, Benjamin and Egwuekwe are an integral part of the main Super Eagles team. Pyagbara and Shehu played for the Flying Eagles at the African Youth Championship, AYC, in Algeria an