Nigeria’s Home-based Super
Eagles will be travelling to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso tomorrow without Coach,
Sunday Oliseh, for the second leg of the CHAN 2016 qualifier.
He was
flown to Belgium today following the deterioration of his health.
The NFF
said: “Coach Sunday Oliseh has returned to Belgium to continue treatment after
being advised by Eagles medics.
Just In: Coach Oliseh has returned to Belgium to continue treatment after being advised by Eagles medics.
— The NFF (@thenff) October 22, 2015
He became dizzy and weak after lunch on Thursday and he travels abroad tonight through the Port Harcourt Airport
— The NFF (@thenff) October 22, 2015
According
to a tweet by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), via its Twitter handle,
@thenff, the former Nigeria captain, became dizzy and weak after lunch today,
and so had to be flown abroad tonight through the Port Harcourt Airport.
“He became dizzy and weak after lunch on Thursday and he
travels abroad tonight through the Port Harcourt Airport.”
Oliseh
joined his assistants after undergoing treatment in Belgium and was on the
bench when the Eagles whipped the Etalons of Burkina Faso 2-0 in Port Harcourt
last week, in their first leg African Nations Championship qualifying clash.
The
home-based Super Eagles will depart Nigeria on Friday from Port Harcourt to
Ouagadougou, the Burkinabe capital for the match on Sunday.
Toyin
Ibitoye, Super Eagles Media Officer said that the team would depart aboard a
chartered Arik flight.
“We are
leaving by 6.30 p.m. on Friday. The flight is two hours and we will be back
immediately after the game on Sunday,’’ he said.
The
Eagles take a 2-0 lead into the game, after last Saturday’s first leg clash in
port Harcourt.
Ibitoye
however assured that the team was in high spirits with no injury worries.
“There are no injury worries. The only player out of the team
is Solomon Kwambe who has been replaced by Etim Matthew of Rangers
International FC, following his injury in the first leg encounter,” he said.
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