Super Eagles assistant coach Dan “the bull” Amokachi, has said players who make the national team list must always be on top at their club-sides all the time, especially those whose clubsides are on continental assignment.

Addressing the players on the upcoming friendly against the Pharaohs of Egypt, Amokachi said the technical crew of the national team have been monitoring all the players invited and was happy with some and not too glad with others.

All the four club sides who will on CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup assignments this weekend have majority of the players in the national camp. The clubs are Dolphins of Port Harcourt, Sunshine Stars of Akure, Heartland of Owerri and Warri Wolves, who account for about 14 players in camp.

Amokachi challenged the players that when they go out they must be good ambassadors of the national team by excelling over their mates. He was particularly happy with Sunshine Stars skipper Godfrey Oboabona, who as a defender has so far scored six goals in the Nigeria Premier League.

“For a defender that is pretty encouraging and that is the type of reports we want to be getting from players that will call up to the national camp”.

Incidentally, Oboabona’s Sunshine Stars walk a tight rope in their tie this weekend against Angolan side Recreativo Fc after losing the first leg 4-1. The player himself explained that it was due to the antics that the Angolans played in the first leg that made them lose the first leg game. “You can imagine that they seized the jerseys of about seven of our players when we arrived the match venue and only released them few moments before the match. They were also hostile and treated the match as if we were in a war situation, but we hope to turn the tables in Nigeria ”, he said.

Towering Warri Wolves defender, Azubike Egwueke, who is expected to play a key role in is side’s game against Fc Kallon of Sierra Leone , said he was optimistic that his team will win the game, having drawn the first leg 1-1 in Freetown . “We are waiting for words from our team on when to come and we’ll show our stuff there” he said.