Super Eagles Group D 2021 AFCON opponent Sudan on Sunday unveiled a 34-man provisional squad for the tournament, Completesports.com reports.
The list was published on Sudan’s Football Association’s official Twitter handle.
It will later be reduce to the official 28-man squad for the continental showpiece in Africa.
Meanwhile, the Sudanese national team is currently in Khartoum preparing for the AFCON.
They will kick-off the tournament on January 11 against Guinea-Bissau in Garoua before facing Nigeria on the 15.
On January 19 they will end the group stage fixtures against Egypt.
Recently, Sudan took part in the FIFA Arab Cup in Qatar where they lost all their three group games.
By James Agberebi
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Good development. Any updates on the two friendlies scheduled to be played in one day?
One of the numerous reasons why I like the Sudanese FA. Hubert Velud, the French former Coach got fired for dismal performances with the Sudanese national team. Immediately the FA appointed Burhan Tia, a local coach to superintend the young team. Sudan could play 2 friendlies in a day and who knows, with the seriousness of Tia, they might even play 3 friendlies in a day. But here, our NFF is still on search of a foreign Coach instead of encouraging the locals for perfection. Nigeriaaaaa, who do us?
I know that our case is that the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) is confused and don’t know what to do, whether to allow the local Coaches to continue or hire a foreigner.
However, Africans need to take a firm stand and believe in their own.
Algeria today is a success story and I don’t think they will ever allow a foreigner to coach their national team.
As for Sudan, Mr. Kamal Hamid Shaddad, the Sudanese FA president was furious when in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers alongside Morocco, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea, Velud’s team finished bottom of the group with three points from six matches. The worse came at the FIFA Arab Cup 2021 Sudan lost 4-0 in the opening match to Algeria, before suffering 5-0 defeat to Egypt and a 1-0 loss to Lebanon. It is already rumoured that Burhan Tia is being offered a 4 year contract running till 2026.