AFCON qualifiers: Super Eagles reveal why Ola Aina didn’t play against Guinea-Bissau

The Super Eagles media officer, Promise Efoghe has provided clarification regarding the lack of Nottingham Forest defender Ola Aina from Nigeria’s 3-0 nonaccomplishment to Guinea-Bissau in Tuesday’s 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match.

The Djurtus flogged the Super Eagles of Nigeria 3-0 to assertion an unexpected triumph implicit the three-time African champions.

Aina, who rejoined the Super Eagles squad earlier this month, remained connected the seat arsenic Birmingham City’s Bright Osayi-Samuel assumed the right-back position.

Osayi-Samuel endured a challenging performance, uncovering it hard to incorporate Guinea-Bissau skipper Mama Baldé, whose gait and method quality created important difficulties for Nigeria’s antiaircraft line.

Following the match, Efoghe attributed Aina’s lack to fittingness concerns and expressed apprehension astir the mediocre information of the Stade du 24 Septembre playing surface.

He noted that the determination was informed by Aina’s erstwhile acquisition astatine the Free State Stadium successful Bloemfontein, wherever helium sustained an wounded that resulted successful an extended lack from football.

“They are precise similar. You wonderment wherefore Ola Aina could not play the crippled yesterday; it is simply a physiological thing,” Efoghe told News Central TV.

“Remember, it was connected a atrocious transportation against South Africa that Ola Aina picked up an wounded that took him retired of shot ...