Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has explained why Al Ittihad striker George Ilenikhena was left out of the team for the upcoming AFCON qualifiers games against Tanzania, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Ilenikhena was a surprise omission from the team that will take on Tanzania in back to back games in Uyo and Dar es Salaam on the 13th and 17th of November respectively.
The 20 year old made his international debut for Nigeria in the last round of qualifiers and scored the leveler in the 2-1 win over Madagascar in Uyo. He was a substitute in the second game that Nigeria lost to Guinea-Bissau 0-3 due to a knock.
” He ( George Ilenikhena) is injured and that is why he was left out of the team. It’s so unfortunate that he has been battling to be fully fit since the game on that pitch in Guinea-Bissau”, a source revealed.
” When I spoke with Chelle he confirmed the injury and even George himself told me he is gutted to be absent from these games against Tanzania”, he stated.
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