Paris, France – Na so e be o! French football coach Didier Deschamps don drop the squad wey go represent France for di first 2026 World Cup qualifiers, and e no include Hugo Ekitike. This guy wey dey perform well for Liverpool since him come from Eintracht Frankfurt don dey show say him no be small pikin again o. But wahala no dey finish there! Deschamps don carry Maghnes Akliouche, di Monaco winger, come join di team for him first senior call-up.
Hugo Ekitike, di 23-year-old striker, don score three goals in three games since e join Liverpool, and people don dey expect make na him dey lead di charge for France. But instead, na Akliouche, wey don dey shine like diamond for Monaco, di coach yan say make e come represent Les Blues.
Di squad go embark on journey to Poland where dem go face Ukraine on September 5, and four days after, dem go return to Paris to host Iceland. Kylian Mbappe go lead di attack, while other big names like Ousmane Dembele and Tchouameni dey ready to help carry di day. But e no go easy for Ekitike as he eye don dey shine for di senior team. (E fit just dey watch from di sidelines for now, but we dey pray say him chance go soon show.)
Meanwhile, Akliouche don dey catch attention up and down for Europe thanks to him sweet performance for Monaco, so make we no too dey surprised if him show us fireworks for di qualifiers. (After all, na so dem dey find new talent wey fit blow.)
For this squad formation, some players wey dey find club now don miss di train, as Benjamin Pavard and Randal Kolo Muani don catch cold for di coach’s decision. Dem need to step up dem game if dem wan gree find dia way back to di team.
As di qualifiers don dey come close, di pressure dey build for all di players. Na time for dem to show wetin dem fit do, wey go determine who go qualify for di World Cup wey go happen for North America next year. Paris dey expect make di boys give dem joy, as di past two competitions don end with dem losing di cup and dem looking to turn di tide this time.
In conclusion, France dey ready to set di pitch on fire as dem begin dis World Cup journey, but all eyes go dey on Ekitike to see how him go bounce back after dis disappointment. Na wetin we sabi as di game dey unfold! Who fit say we no go watch dis drama?
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