Umar Sadiq sat out training again on Thursday as the Super Eagles intensify preparations ahead of their opening game at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Jose Peseiro’s men will face the Nzalang Nacional of Equatorial Guinea in their opening Group A fixture at the Alassanne Quattara Stadium, Ebimpe, Abidjan on Sunday.
Sadiq trained separately from his teammates at the Ecole Nationale de la Police on Wednesday.
The 26-year-old was however not involved in training on Thursday.
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The Real Sociedad striker is now a major doubt for the clash with Equatorial Guinea.
Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen is now be the only fit striker available for the game against Equatorial Guinea.
Kelechi Iheanacho, who has recovered from a muscular problem will only join the Super Eagles squad on Saturday.
OGC Nice of France, who is a replacement for the injured Terem Moffi is expected to link up with the team on Sunday.
By Adeboye Amosu in Abidjan
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Due to injuries and absence to key players my starting 11 is likely to be as follows
Formation 4-2-2-1-1 / 4-2-3-1 {with the later when defending}
GK- UZOHO
RB-AINA.. RCB-EKONG.. LCB-AJAYI.. LB-SANUSI
…..RDM-ONYEDIKA…
LDM-ONYEKA…..
RM/RW-CHUZZY ….. ….. MOSES-LM/LW
……AM/CF- IWOBI……
.. ST-OSIMHEN ..
STILL A VERY BALANCED TEAM IF YOU ASK ME
HE SHOULD BE REPLACED.
WHY WASTING TIME, PASEIRO SHOULD REPLACE HIM IMMEDIATELY
OR WHICH KIND OF USELESS COACHES & MANAGEMENT DO WE HAVE.
CAN’T WE LEARN FROM ARGENTINA & FRANCE IN LAST WORLD CUP. HOW MANY INJURY PLAYERS FOLLOW THEM TO WORLD CUP. BOTH BENZEMA AND AGUERO WERE DROPPED WHEN THEY ARE INJURED.
YEYE PEOPLE
Due to injuries and absence to key players my starting 11 is likely to be as follows
Formation 4-2-2-1-1 / 4-2-3-1 {with the later when defending}
GK- UZOHO
RB-AINA.. RCB-EKONG.. LCB-AJAYI.. LB-SANUSI
…..RDM-ONYEDIKA… LDM-ONYEKA…..
RM/RW-CHUZZY ….. ….. MOSES-LM/LW
……..AM/CF-IWOBI……..
.. ST-OSIMHEN ..
Still a Very Balanced TEAM IF You Ask ME
The dog that wil be lost wil not hear the fere of the owner.
Pick 27 he is picking 25 . I m sure he has a funny reason for picking 25 .25 is getting reduced to 23 wen game never start.even if it was guys from the local league as gift to get exposure .
My piece of advice for our coach is that our matches we should start with caution, by study our opponents, thereafter, we begin to exploit those weaknesses, before we know we’ll win the game.playing to the gallery can affect our rynm .
That’s a crazy coach. CAF that recommended 27 prayers is stupid. I have never seen a coach like that before. Anyway, his contract will not be renewed after the AFCON.
So you call up 40 players and without a single day’s workout in camp, without a single doctor’s examination of players’ health, without a single physiotherapist’s input, you drop the numbers to 25.
As we take dey vote sick leader wey no dey fit and like to dodge presidential debates, na so we take dey select footballers wey hardly dey play first team for club, as leader for SE.
Na all about their turn.
Greetings house!!!
With or without, Nigeria is not going anywhere in this competition. All because we have no coach. Oga Rohr gave us BRONZ in Egypt. That’s it. How can we win anything with this stupid coach in-charge? l want omo9ja and his cohorts to tell Nigerians how we are going to win or even come out from ‘group-of-death’? Ha ha. Indeed.
Abeg, which kind of reporting be this? Or have I missed an earlier post about this Sadiq matter? How can you just tell us that he is sitting out training and training alone without even trying to tell us why he is missing training?
Chaii! Na wa for Nigeria! These so called reporters and football news sites are worse than amateurs!
If Sadiq is missing training or their is anything wrong with him, why not tells us what is wrong – Ah it’s a bug o, or he reacted to something he ate o, or he has a muscle stain o, or got kicked in the heel during training o? What happened??? How can you just say he is missing training but not tell us why?????
HA! NIGERIA!!!!
I told you people not to lodge anywhere those ghanaians will have access to you, they didn’t listen, some idiots here were trying to run their mouths about what I can or cannot say – SHE YOU CAN SEE NOW?? PLEASE SHINE YOUR EYE WELLA AND ACT LIKE HUMAN BEINGS WITH BRAINS AND COMMON SENSE- IT MAY BE CALLED COMMON SENSE BUT IT IS NOT COMMON IN NIGERIA, IN FACT IT’S SCARCE!
It also seems like clicks are now forming in the team – see the picture above?/ Which of you geniuses notice anything a little bit clicky in that picture?
This is a very obvious and blatant indication that Peseiro is a very bad influence to this team, not only a clueless olodo in terms of coaching and managing a team but also not fit to have been given such a responsibility in the first place.
Ha! Pinknik Pinnick, pickinknic – I nor sabi spell that your name self but believe me ehn, you will NEVER escape severe punishment for what you have brought upon our beloved country! Mark my words! Useless Agbero!
I know that you geniuses haven’t the foggiest about the important things even if/when somebody else points it out – if anything the w*****s will come out and start talking s**t to someone who is only being observant and telling truths! Sheges!
I said it before – for this AFCON’s we are calmly in siddon look mode. No shakin’ like Steven!
Sadiq already dropped due to injury hmmm what’s wrong with all our boys ,so they will invite desser make I rest from invite this invite that
Hahaha, Field Marshall, I also noticed the pic. The Northern Coalition, shall we say? Hehehe.
Hopefully, it means nothing. Looking at the team videos I’ve seen so far, the one thing we seem to have in this squad is unity and camaraderie. At least that’s what it looks like on the surface. I’m not there in the camp with them, so I can’t say for sure!