AFCON 2023: Osimhen, Yusuf benched as Eagles return to training
The duo of Victor Osimhen and Alhassan Yusuf were not part of training on Monday as the Super Eagles returned to training after their 1-1 draw with Equatorial Guinea on Sunday in Abidjan.
Although the duo turned up for the training, they were barred from participating in the exercise.
A correspondent covering the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 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 tedious training, while Leicester City of England striker Kelechi Iheanacho also took part to give Jose Peseiro options in the attack.
The Eagles will take on the host, Elephants of Cote D’Ivoire, on Thursday at the Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara Stadium.
The team’s media officer, Babafemi Raji, however, confirmed that their withdrawal from training on Monday was only a precautionary measure.
He said this while speaking with journalists on the sideline of the training.
(NAN)
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