How Absentees Affected Eagles Against Lesotho, Zimbabwe
Before Nigeria’s two ill-fated 2026 World Cup qualifying matches against Lesotho and Zimbabwe, it was reported that striker Victor Osimhen, Samuel Chukwueze and Wilfred Ndidi would not be available for the games due to injuries. There were also reports that Nigeria’s opponents were sort of relieved to know those players would be missing, but their absence was nothing to worry Nigerians against teams ranked 135th and 125th in the world respectively. […]