The Nigerian national football team has suffered a huge blow in the race for World Cup qualification after an important star suffered an injury.
Having missed out on an automatic ticket to the global showpiece, the Super Eagles will head to Morocco for the play-offs.
They trade tackles with the Panthers of Gabon in a semi-final clash on November 13, and the winner will face off with either DR Congo or Cameroon in a final.
The overall winner will represent CAF at the inter-continental play-off, which is scheduled for March next year.
Ahead of the massive fixture, reports via All Nigeria Soccer have it that impressive forward Kelechi Iheanacho has suffered an injury.
This was confirmed by Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers, who disclosed that the 29-year-old had a knock in their 2-1 victory over Sturm Graz in the UEFA Europa League.
Iheanacho went down the turf barely four minutes into the game and was substituted by the young Johnny Kenny. After the game, Rodgers expressed concerns over injuries to both Iheanacho and defender Alistair Johnston.
The tactician said via TNT Sports: "The first two don't look great. It looks like a hamstring but okay that's what happened but the two young guys who came in did really well."
Rodgers further stated that the forced substitutions complicated matters for his side as he was unable to take off Cameron Carter-Vickers, who was also struggling towards the end of the game.
He added: "Our problem was in the second half we could only make one substitution. So obviously Cam (Cameron Carter-Vickers) was struggling towards the end of the game. We couldn't get him off because we'd already made the substitutions in the game."
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Brendan Rodgers praises his Celtic players for a character-filled comeback and provides an injury update on key players.
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