{"id":647381,"date":"2019-06-29T02:03:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T02:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"<br><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/06\/1561773814_983_Super-Eagles-South-Africa-Nov2018-1280x720.jpg\" \/><br><div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n\n<p>Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, has sustained a minor injury, but it is not expected to stop him fro"},"modified":"2019-06-29T02:03:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T02:03:35","slug":"afcon-2019-super-eagles-striker-suffers-injury-scare-ahead-of-madagascar-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/29\/afcon-2019-super-eagles-striker-suffers-injury-scare-ahead-of-madagascar-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2019: Super Eagles&#8217; striker suffers injury scare ahead of Madagascar clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/1561773814_983_Super-Eagles-South-Africa-Nov2018-1280x720.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, has sustained a minor injury, but it is not expected to stop him from making his 2019 Africa Cup of Nations debut, in the last Group B fixture against Madagascar on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>There were fears that the 20-year-old was going to join the list of injured players in the Nigeria\u2019s camp, when he went down after he was tackled during the team\u2019s training session on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Osimhen was able to shake off the injury and finished the training with the rest of his teammates, after receiving treatment from the Eagles\u2019 medical crew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOsimhen is fine. Yes, he might have picked a knock in training which is not a big deal but he was in training from start to finish,\u201d Toyin Ibitoye, the media officer of the team, told SportingLife.<\/p>\n<p>Ibitoye added that all the players participated in yesterday\u2019s training session, apart from the recuperating duo of Jamilu Collins and Shehu Abdullahi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"b1bb42bef76f653af9544f8c-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=420332301344305&autoLogAppEvents=1';\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script type=\"b1bb42bef76f653af9544f8c-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=181005951975036&autoLogAppEvents=1';\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, has sustained a minor injury, but it is not expected to stop him from making his 2019 Africa Cup of Nations debut, in the last Group B fixture against Madagascar on Sunday. 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