Head coach
of Poland, Adam Nawalka may have decided to deploy an unpopular 3-4-2-1
formation against the Super Eagles in today’s pre-World Cup friendly match at
t
he Municipal Stadium.
On his part,
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr will hand Leicester City forward, Kelechi
Iheanacho the No.10 role, usually played by Mikel Obi, in his starting line-up.
Mikel will
miss this evening’s encounter in Wroclaw as he is battling to renew his work
permit in China, but he is expected to join the squad in London for the game
against Serbia on Tuesday according to Completesportsnigeria.com.
According to
a camp source, Iheanacho has been playing off centre forward Odion Ighalo in a
4-2-3-1 formation in training and that the Leicester star is expected to keep
his place for the World Cup friendly.
“Iheanacho
will play Mikel’s position against Poland barring any last minute tactical
switch,” the source, a member of the squad, told CSN.
“That’s his
preferred role and I think he will do well there. He is solid and quick in his
decision making.”
The
21-year-old Iheanacho is expected to be the most advanced midfielder ahead of
the deeper central midfielders Wilfred Ndidi and Ogenyi Onazi for the game.
In the Super
Eagles last game against Argentina, Iheanacho and Alex Iwobi were paired in
attack as Gernot Rohr deployed a 3-5-2 formation.
The former
Manchester City forward curled in a brilliant free-kick as Nigeria came from a
goal down to beat Argentina 4-2 at the Krasnodar Stadium in Russia last
November.
Meanwhile,
based on Poland’s two workouts at the old Śląsk Wrocław Stadium, coach Nawalka
has opted to deploy an unpopular 3-4-2-1 formation against the Super Eagles,
according to allnigeriasoccer.com.
This
formation is rather untested and they have not used it except during their
friendlies in November 2017 against Uruguay and Mexico in which they failed to
score any goal.
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