William Troost-Ekong has expressed his disappointment after he was forced to pull out of Nigeria’s upcoming international friendly against the Desert Foxes of Algeria as a result of injury.
Troost-Ekong, picked up an Injury in the team’s test game against Algeria’s Team B on Friday night.
The centre-back returned to England on Saturday for further treatment on the injury.
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“Unfortunately picked up something in our game yesterday. Back home now to sort it out. All the best to the boys on Tuesday,” the Watford defender wrote on his Twitter handle.
The Watford defender’s injury has further depleted the squad with only three centre- backs now available for the game.
It would be recalled that Leicester City midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi also returned to his base in England after sustaining an injury in training.
The Super Eagles will take on the Desert Foxes of Algeria at the Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Oran on Tuesday.
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Live to fight another day. Speedy recovery, man.
PASEIRO SHOULD NOT ALLOW ANY INJURY-PRUNE PLAYERS, INJURY-HIDDEN PLAYERS OR HALF-FIT PLAYERS INTO HIS TEAM.
## ANY INCOMPLETED PLAYERS IN TERMS OF FORM, FIT SHOULD BE COMPLETELY RULE OUT OF THE TEAM. NO MANAGE, NO PATCH ##
These are Some of the issues we would deal with when we do not have players who are actively playing for their clubs. He probably did not have any preseason which explains the injuries. Marvin Ekpekitita was playing actively for Blackpool, he should have been called up. I hope they call him for the November game against Portugal but knowing NFF , it would not happen. Speedy recovery El Capo!
this the link to the match
https://www.facebook.com/nigeriafootball/videos/3220607824922021/?flite=scwspnss
this is the first halve of the match. more of possession, few chances created, maduka okoye blunder, ekong error prone, defence lacked pace, waste of chances.
algeria less time of the ball and no clear cut chance created except maduka blunder.
but on a positive side, Raphel onyedika did made positive impact in the game. he distributed the ball very well both in tight spaces and in difficult situation. lookman was lively at the left wing.
the formation the coach started with was…3.4.3
maduka
omeruo ekon ozonwafor
aina oyedika oyeka duru
ejuke awoniyi lookman.
second halve…………
adeleye
akpoguma omeru bassey
simon oyeka iwobi zaidu
saviour desser ihenacho