The duo of Victor Osimhen and Alhassan Yusuf were not part of training on Monday in Cote d’Ivoire as the Super Eagles returned to training.
This was after their 1-1 draw with Equatorial Guinea on Sunday in Abidjan in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that although the duo turned up for the training, they were barred from participating in the exercise.
A NAN Correspondent covering the 2023 African Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire reports that Osimhen complained to the coaching crew immediately after the team’s bus arrived.
No one seems to know the nature or extent of the injury that got him off the training.
But OC Nice of France striker, Terem Moffi, was sighted in a tedious training, while Leicester City of England striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, also took part to give Jose Peseiro options in the attack.
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NAN reports that the Eagles will take on the host, Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire, on Thursday at the Stade Olympique Alassan Ouattara Stadium.
The Media Officer of the team, Babafemi Raji, said the withdrawal of Osimehn and Yusuf from training on Monday was only a precautionary measure.
Raji said this while speaking with newsmen on the sideline of the training.
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