Despite his impressive goalscoring form in Germany, the striker was overlooked for the games against the Lone Star and Blue Sharks
Coach Gernot Rohr defended his decision of not inviting Union Berlin’s Taiwo Awoniyi for the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers against Liberia and Cape Verde.
The former Liverpool forward has been in fine scoring form in the 2021-22 campaign – finding the net five times in his last five matches for the Iron Ones across all competitions.
Even at that, he was not found worthy to be called up for the assignments against the Lone Stars and the Blue Sharks.