AFCON qualifiers: Eric Chelle provides update on Bassey, Lookman, Fredrick's fitness

Super Eagles caput manager Eric Chelle has offered an update connected the fittingness of Ademola Lookman, Calvin Bassey and Benjamin Fredrick pursuing Nigeria’s opening-leg triumph implicit Tanzania.

Nigeria secured a 3-1 triumph implicit the Taifa Stars connected Friday astatine the Godswill Akpabio Stadium successful Uyo, but the effect was overshadowed by an wounded interest involving Lookman.

The Atletico Madrid attacker started alongside Akor Adams successful Nigeria’s guardant enactment but was forced disconnected earlier half-time aft picking up a genu problem. Lookman went down without immoderate evident contact, prompting Chelle to present Moses Simon arsenic his replacement.

Speaking aft the encounter, Chelle disclosed that the erstwhile Atalanta prima had experienced discomfort successful his knee, leaving his availability for the instrumentality fixture uncertain.

“Ademola, his knee, helium has a small problem. He took a knock, and we don't cognize if it was a knock,” the Super Eagles manager revealed.

The Malian tactician further explained that Lookman initially felt symptom portion attempting to people with his near ft earlier sustaining different sound to the aforesaid knee.

“When helium tried to people the extremity with his near foot, his genu started to consciousness bad. After that, helium took a sound connected his knee. This is wherefore helium went disconnected the pitch,” helium concluded.

Meanwhile, Chelle provided much encouraging quality regarding defenders Calvin Bassey and Benjamin Fredrick, confirmi...