{"id":159241,"date":"2025-04-14T09:33:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T08:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/thorup-surprised-by-onyekas-super-eagles-snub"},"modified":"2025-04-15T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:24:00","slug":"thorup-surprised-by-onyekas-super-eagles-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/thorup-surprised-by-onyekas-super-eagles-snub","title":{"rendered":"Thorup surprised by Onyeka\u2019s Super Eagles snub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Augsburg manager, Jess Thorup has said the decision to leave out Frank Onyeka from Nigeria\u2019s squad for last month\u2019s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe came as a surprise to him.<\/p>\n<p>Onyeka, a regular with the Super Eagles was omitted from the 23-man squad by head coach, Eric Chelle.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder was initially named in an enlarged provisional squad for the qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>The former FC Midtylland player has featured regularly for Augsburg this season.<\/p>\n<p>Thorup insisted that he is certain Onyeka will be called up for subsequent games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I think he (Onyeka) has played an amazing season in one of the top leagues in Europe. I was really surprised (that he was not called up to Nigeria\u2019s squad).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was sure that Frank was going to be part of it, I was even hoping he would be in the lineup and play form the beginning,\u201d Thorup was quoted by Oma Sports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Augsburg manager, Jess Thorup has said the decision to leave out Frank Onyeka from Nigeria\u2019s squad for last month\u2019s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe came as a surprise to him. Onyeka, a regular with the Super Eagles was omitted from the 23-man squad by head coach, Eric Chelle. 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