Ace defender Segun Oduduwa has been knocked out of
Nigeria’s U-23 team’s trip to the Suwon Invitational Tournament as a result of
injury.
Team doctor, Sam Ogbondeminu said Oduduwa suffered the
injury after he was badly tackled during one of the team's last training
sessions at the practice pitch of the National Stadium, Abuja, disclosing that
for now the player has been stabilized.
Dr. Ogbondeminu said the process is on to get the best
definitive treatment for the injured central defender to return as soon as
possible, but for now due to the gravity of the injury, he has been ruled out
of the Suwon tournament.
Reacting to the news, head coach of the team, Samson
Siasia said that due to the fact that the nature of the player’s injury has
been confirmed so close to the team’s departure, the technical crew cannot get
a replacement, and as such only 19 players will be going to South Korea instead
of the 20 earlier selected.
A disappointed Siasia added: "I hope the doctors
work round the clock to remedy this unfortunate incident so that Oduduwa can
return to training on time and be fit for the Rio Olympics, as he has been an
integral part of this team from the beginning."
The injured Oduduwa has been a key member of the Dream
Team, playing virtually all the qualifying matches of the team en route the All
–Africa Games in Brazzaville, where the team won a bronze. He also featured at
the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations in Senegal where the team triumphed to pick one
of Africa’s three tickets to this year’s Olympics.
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