A member of the medical team of the Super Eagles says the viral video of injured goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali in training isn’t enough to say he will be available in goal on Friday against Angola, OwnGoalNigeria.comreports.
Nwabali was injured in the Super Eagles 2-0 win over Cameroon in the round of 16 making him a huge doubt for the quarter final game against Angola. He had a scan which confirmed that he had mild damage to his knee ligament.
As we earlier reported, the initial decision taken by doctors is to rule him out of the game on Friday but left the door slightly open for him to be a part of the team for the game, if he passes a fitness test which was what was held today in the viral video released by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
” What you saw in the video is a fitness test and not full training that is why he was alone. The other goalkeepers were drilled separately, so it’s wrong to say he trained fully. Our decision will be made after analysis on his condition after today’s test”, a member of the medical team told OwnGoalNigeria.com in an exclusive chat.
” Life is a learning curve and after the incident with Sadiq Umar when a player says he is fit to play and wants to play the surest thing is a fitness test. He came through today, so let’s see him again and again because the scan result didn’t help at all.
” He (Nwabali) said he isn’t in much pain and we had to listen to him. Professionally we will do what is best because if he aggravates it then there is a tendency that he might miss the rest of the year”, he concluded.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
