Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
It seems that Nigerian star Victor Osimhen, Napoli’s top scorer and winner of the African Golden Ball for the year 2023, will not be able to participate with his country in its match against South Africa tomorrow, Wednesday, in the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations currently being held in Côte d’Ivoire, as a spokesman for the Nigerian national team announced. In an official statement, Osimhen was suffering from stomach problems, which were preceded by muscle problems in the match against Angola in the quarter-finals.
Osimhen, nicknamed “The One with the Mask,” was unable to travel with the team to the city of Bouake, where the match was being held, and remained in Abidjan, the capital, to continue treatment under the supervision of a member of the medical staff, in the hope of catching the match.
Osimhen is considered the most important trump card in the “Green Eagles” team, which had previously lost the efforts of two other stars, Victor Boniface and Omar Sadiq, before the start of the tournament, and is on its way to losing its first star.
Osimhen did not participate in the team’s training before the team left the city of Abidjan, and the statement explained that the medical staff put him under close observation, and one of its members remained with him to follow up on developments in his condition, in the hope of his improvement and the possibility of his participation if part of the decisive match in Nigeria’s qualification for the final match, especially since “ The Green Eagles are a strong candidate to win the championship.
It is worth noting that Victor Osimhen has only scored one goal in the five matches he has played since the beginning of the tournament, and he has assisted another of the six goals scored by his country. Osimhen was also injured in the match against Angola in the round of 16, and was substituted minutes before the end of the match.
2024-02-06 06:30:03
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