The Leicester City midfielder will miss the rest of the 2021/2022 season, his manager Brendan Rodgers announced on Thursday.
“This game has to stay in the memory because we made it to the World Cup,” Fernandes later said.
Both teams face off in a two-leg fixture for one of Africa’s five slots at Qatar 2022, first in Cape Coast on March 25, and then in Abuja on March 29.
Russia is becoming increasingly isolated in the sports world.
“Everything beautiful in sports is against what war brings,” Lewandowski, who is from Poland, posted on his official social media channels.
With the win, the Super Eagles top the Group C of the Qatar 2022 qualifiers with three maximum points.
Brazil were already without players from the EPL, but now they have had to send back two Russia-based stars ahead of upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
Sadio Mane and Abdou Diallo scored the two goals for the Teranga Lions as they started their campaign for a ticket to Qatar on a high note.
