Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle will be without the first choice regular duo of midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru and defender Semi Ajayi in their upcoming World Cup Qualifiers games.
Chelle will hand the team for the first time in March when they take on Rwanda and Zimbabwe respectively in the world cup qualifiers, seeking for their first win after four games in the qualifiers. A poor run that has seen them fall four points behind the leaders Rwanda dropping to 5th in the six team group.
Ahead of the games, Chelle has been told he will be without the services of Dele-Bashiru and Ajayi who have been confirmed injured by their respective teams. Their absence will no doubt alter the plans of the coach.
Ajayi’s absence as we first reported will no doubt hit the hardest as it was hugely felt when he missed the final games of the AFCON qualifiers, where the team drew with Benin Republic and lost to Rwanda at home in November last year.
Captain William Troost-Ekong is another injury doubt in the build up to both games after missing the last two games of his club Al-Kholood in Saudi Arabia. He is in a race against time to be fit for both games due to a muscular issue.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
