Only God Kept Me Alive-Uzoenyi.

Super Eagles midfielder,  Ejike Uzoenyi, has revealed that he almost passed on, when Ghanian defender Kwabena Adusei, elbowed him  leading to a minor concoction mid-way into the first half of the semi-final clash between Nigeria and Ghana in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Team medics described Uzoenyi’s condition at the time as Cortica Artery seizure, noting that it took quite a while to get his pulse back from the leg region.

“It was scary but we thank God, it didn’t degenerate more than that and the player’s recovery rate was phenomenal”, one of the medical official attached to the team noted.

The player himself was quoted by Team Media Officer, Ben Alaiya, as saying he momentarily passed on and didn’t know what was happening until he was stretchered out for treatment. “That player wanted to kill me with that vicious elbow and I was blank and did not know where I was until I started hearing noises, but I was determined to continue that was why I was rushing back to the pitch. But I think it was God that saved my life because some lesser cases have resulted in fatalities”.

The player himself was quoted by Team Media Officer, Ben Alaiya, as saying he momentarily passed on and did not know what was happening until he was stretchered out for treatment, stressing that it was God that saved his life because some football players had died in football matches due to such injury.

Uzoenyi, said he was still sad that the Eagles lost the match  and promised that he would be ready for the third place match against the Warriors of Zimbabwe on Saturday.

“It’s the only thing we have to leave here with and we are determined to compensate Nigerians with a third place finish”, he said.