{"id":56169,"date":"2026-04-15T21:22:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=56169"},"modified":"2026-04-15T21:22:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:22:56","slug":"nigeria-coach-eric-chelle-reveals-how-he-will-select-his-squad-for-clash-against-zimbabwe-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/15\/nigeria-coach-eric-chelle-reveals-how-he-will-select-his-squad-for-clash-against-zimbabwe-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria coach Eric Chelle reveals how he will select his squad for clash against Zimbabwe in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"soccer24-advanced-banner soccer24-banner-type-code\">\n\/*  *\/\n<\/div>\n<p>Nigeria coach Eric Chelle has outlined his approach to selecting the squad for the upcoming clash against Zimbabwe in London.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria national football team will face the Zimbabwe national football team in the semi-final of the Unity Cup on 26 May at The Valley Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Other teams set to feature in the tournament include Jamaica national football team and India national football team.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Nigeria FA media, Chelle said: \u201cThis Unity Cup provides a platform to assess new players. I will comb Europe and invite new players of Nigerian descent, alongside those who were previously called up but never got the chance to feature.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Top players from the Nigeria Premier Football League will also be considered, as I will be watching a number of domestic league games from now until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the big warm-up games in June against Poland national football team and Portugal national football team, I will feature my first-team players. These are games that can push us up the global ranking if we win them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post Nigeria coach Eric Chelle reveals how he will select his squad for clash against Zimbabwe in London appeared first on Soccer24.<\/p>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Nigeria #coach #Eric #Chelle #reveals #select #squad #clash #Zimbabwe #London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\/* *\/ Nigeria coach Eric Chelle has outlined his approach to selecting the squad for the upcoming clash against Zimbabwe&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10460,1021,573,10459,10301,322,464,5048,346,113],"class_list":["post-56169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-example-3","tag-chelle","tag-clash","tag-coach","tag-eric","tag-london","tag-nigeria","tag-reveals","tag-select","tag-squad","tag-zimbabwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56170,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56169\/revisions\/56170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}