The senior national team of Nigeria had their second training session in Abuja ahead of Thursday’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sierra Leone.
Coach of the team Jose Peseiro and his assistants led the group out for the session which had all the invited players in attendance aside the duo of Innocent Bonke and Emmanuel Dennis.
Both players trained separately from the group with the physio of the team as they continue to recover from knocks picked up during the team’s engagement in the United States of America.
Bonke picked up a knock and was substituted in the first friendly game against Mexico which the team lost 1-2 and didn’t get to play any part in the second friendly which was the 0-1 loss to Ecuador. He hasn’t recover to be part of the group training.
Dennis on his part appeared to have picked up a knock yesterday during their first session and he was made to also have some fitness drills with the team’s physio. Both players are in a race against time to be fit for Thursday game.
