Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has provided an update on goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali who was subbed off due to injury in the Super Eagles AFCON round of 16 2-0 win over Cameroon, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Nwabali has risen to the role of first choice at the tournament keeping regular first choice Francis Uzoho on the bench by starting all of the four games they have played at the tournament so far.
Georges-Kévin N’Koudou caused the 27 year old to be subbed off with a rash tackle in his bid to reach a high ball in the 72nd minute. Nwabali was stretchered off and latreplaced by Uzoho.
Speaking on the injury during the post match conference, Peseiro said a proper diagnosis will be done on him in the next 24 to 48 hours but said he hope to have him fit for their next game against Angola in the quarter final.
“We will assess the state of the injury in the next 24 to 48 hours. It’s difficult to assess his condition, while we were in the match. But I am hoping that he will be fit for the next match. I want him to play. And the players want him to play”, he said before revealing how they intend to approach the game against Angola on Friday.
He praised his team for their performance in the round of 16 saying they deserve to win and another performance this quality will be okay for them to progress to the semi final.
“See, I want to just win every game, I don’t know what Nigerians think about names in football but if we must defeat Angola, we must play like today”, he rounded up saying.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
