Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr,
has ruled out Abdullahi Shehu and Jamilu Collins for their last group game at
the African Cup of Nations in Egypt against Madagascar on Sunday.
This means that Ola Aina and
Chidozie Awaziem will continue as fullbacks in tomorrow’s game.
However, the former Burkina
Faso’s coach remains optimistic that Shehu and Collins will be available for
selection for the knockout rounds.
”Collins and Shehu are on the way
to recovery, they are having special training sessions with the physical coach
and physio, even this morning,” Rohr told reporters on Saturday.
”I hope they will be available
for the next game, not for this one. This one is too short, we don’t want to
take risks. We have enough players, 21 players.
”It is true that that they are
fullbacks but Awaziem and Ola Aina did the job well, we didn’t concede any goal
so there is no reason to take a risk to bring them in tomorrow.”
Shehu suffered a hamstring
problem against Burundi last weekend.
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