Watford’s Success Gets First S’Eagles Call-Up

Watford striker Isaac
Success has been named in the Nigeria squad for the first time for their World Cup 2018 qualifier in Zambia on 9 October.
He has played at youth level for Nigeria, helping to win the 2013 Under-17 World Cup.
His Watford team-mate Odion Ighalo has been left out to attend the burial of his father a day before the match.
John Mikel Obi is also on the 23-man list despite not playing for Chelsea yet this season.
Obi captained Nigeria at the Olympics in Brazil and led them to a bronze medal but has not featured for new Chelsea boss Antonio Conte since his return.
Coach Gernot Rohr has largely kept faith with the side that earned a 1-0 win over Tanzania in a dead-rubber 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in early September.
But there are recalls for Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi, Chelsea loanee Kenneth Omeruo and Belgium-based midfielder Anderson Esiti, who all missed Rohr’s first game in charge of the Super Eagles.
Injured Moses Simon is listed after assuring Rohr that he would be fully fit before the game.
Nigeria is in Group B, with Cameroon and Algeria, who have both been at the past two World Cup finals, placed alongside 2012 Africa Cup of Nations winners Zambia.
There are five groups of four teams with only the winners of each group making it to the tournament in Russia.
Nigeria has missed out on the last Nations Cups but has appeared at the last two World Cups in South Africa and Brazil, reaching the last 16 in 2014.