Nigerian Coach Stephen Keshi has unveiled his first team to battle Ivory Coast in today’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final clash in Rustenburg, South Africa.

In the team are two local players, namely, midfielder Sunday Mbah and defender Godfrey Oboabona.

Also in the team is vibrant marksman forward Brown Ideye who – as we reported this morning – earlier boasted that the Super Eagles know how to beat the Elephants and will do just that. “The Eagles are ready to prey on the Elephants,” Ideye had said.

The match comes up at 4pm Nigerian time, with Burkina faso and Togo billed to clash in the last quarter-final match three and a half hours later.

Below is the Eagles’ first 11 as revealed through team spokesman Benjamin Alaiya:

•Vincent Enyeama

•Elderson Echejile

•Efe Ambrose

•Brown Ideye

•Emmanuel Emenike

•John Mikel Obi

•Victor Moses (shown in photo)

•Ogenyi Onazi

•Sunday Mba

•Kenneth Omeruo

•Godfrey Oboabona