{"id":17658,"date":"2024-06-05T06:27:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T06:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/?p=17658"},"modified":"2024-06-05T06:27:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T06:27:40","slug":"2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Eagles\u2019 camp bubbles with 20 players as Bassey, others arrive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The atmosphere around the camp of African vice champions Nigeria has livened up even more as five players who were initially stranded in two different parts of the country as a result of the nationwide strike were ferried into Uyo on Tuesday morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Defenders Semi Ajayi, Bright Osayi-Samuel and Calvin Bassey, alongside midfielder Frank Onyeka and forward Paul Onuachu landed at the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo just after noon aboard a private jet arranged by the Nigeria Football Federation, and were driven to the team\u2019s Ibom Hotel and Resorts to meet up with team mates in time for lunch.<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of the quintet brought the tally of players in camp to 20, three days to the Day 3 qualifying battle with the Bafana Bafana at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in the Akwa Ibom capital.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria and South Africa go toe-to-toe in a rematch of this year\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations first semi-final, which the Super Eagles trumped 4-2 after penalty shootout at the Stade de la Paix in Bouake.<\/p>\n<p>Three-time African champions Nigeria, who have reached the Round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup on three occasions, missed out on the last house party in Qatar, and after a sluggish start to the qualifiers, need all three points on offer to be in strong contention for the only ticket from Group C as the campaign drags on.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda are surprise leaders of the pool after two match days, on four points, with South Africa on three and Nigeria on two.<\/p>\n<p>The 10-match series will end in October next year, with winners of the nine groups qualifying automatically for the finals in Canada, USA and Mexico. The best four second-placed teams in all nine groups will contest a CAF Play-off Tournament, with the winner going ahead to contest a FIFA Play-off Tournament for another slot.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Copyright\u00a92024 kick442.com-Cameroon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All rights reserved. This material and any other digital content on this platform may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, written, or distributed in full or in part, without written permission from our management.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This site is not responsible for the content displayed by external sites<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The atmosphere around the camp of African vice champions Nigeria has livened up even&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,139,25,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-football","category-featured","category-fifa","category-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Eagles\u2019 camp bubbles with 20 players as Bassey, others arrive - KICK442 Sport News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Eagles\u2019 camp bubbles with 20 players as Bassey, others arrive - KICK442 Sport News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The atmosphere around the camp of African vice champions Nigeria has livened up even&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"KICK442 Sport News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"Angu Lesley Akonwi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-05T06:27:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240605-WA0006.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"403\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"403\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lesley Ngwa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@angulesley442\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u00c9crit par\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lesley Ngwa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/\",\"name\":\"2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Eagles\u2019 camp bubbles with 20 players as Bassey, others arrive - KICK442 Sport News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240605-WA0006.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-05T06:27:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b5d0b55ff7537d66370a9d14463ba26a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240605-WA0006.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240605-WA0006.jpg\",\"width\":403,\"height\":403},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Eagles\u2019 camp bubbles with 20 players as Bassey, others arrive\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/\",\"name\":\"KICK442 Sport News\",\"description\":\"Best Sport News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b5d0b55ff7537d66370a9d14463ba26a\",\"name\":\"Lesley Ngwa\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46900d211239d03aac45f8e4e8105f9572bc760c372ca55ab90036c3a1a3323f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46900d211239d03aac45f8e4e8105f9572bc760c372ca55ab90036c3a1a3323f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lesley Ngwa\"},\"description\":\"Sports Writer; CAF Media Officer &amp; Content Creator ,FIFA World Cup 2022 PMA,CEO http:\/\/kick4442.com I AFCON x3, WC X2 l akonlesna@yahoo.com \/675583463 for work\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.kick442.com\/\",\"Angu Lesley Akonwi\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/angulesley442\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/author\/alesley44\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Eagles\u2019 camp bubbles with 20 players as Bassey, others arrive - KICK442 Sport News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/","og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Eagles\u2019 camp bubbles with 20 players as Bassey, others arrive - KICK442 Sport News","og_description":"The atmosphere around the camp of African vice champions Nigeria has livened up even&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/","og_site_name":"KICK442 Sport News","article_author":"Angu Lesley Akonwi","article_published_time":"2024-06-05T06:27:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":403,"height":403,"url":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240605-WA0006.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lesley Ngwa","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@angulesley442","twitter_misc":{"\u00c9crit par":"Lesley Ngwa","Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/","url":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/","name":"2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Eagles\u2019 camp bubbles with 20 players as Bassey, others arrive - KICK442 Sport News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240605-WA0006.jpg","datePublished":"2024-06-05T06:27:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b5d0b55ff7537d66370a9d14463ba26a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/kick442.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240605-WA0006.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240605-WA0006.jpg","width":403,"height":403},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-eagles-camp-bubbles-with-20-players-as-bassey-others-arrive\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Eagles\u2019 camp bubbles with 20 players as Bassey, others arrive"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/","name":"KICK442 Sport News","description":"Best Sport News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b5d0b55ff7537d66370a9d14463ba26a","name":"Lesley Ngwa","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46900d211239d03aac45f8e4e8105f9572bc760c372ca55ab90036c3a1a3323f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46900d211239d03aac45f8e4e8105f9572bc760c372ca55ab90036c3a1a3323f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lesley Ngwa"},"description":"Sports Writer; CAF Media Officer &amp; Content Creator ,FIFA World Cup 2022 PMA,CEO http:\/\/kick4442.com I AFCON x3, WC X2 l akonlesna@yahoo.com \/675583463 for work","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.kick442.com\/","Angu Lesley Akonwi","https:\/\/x.com\/angulesley442"],"url":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/author\/alesley44\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17660,"href":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17658\/revisions\/17660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}