Nigeria’s Victor Boniface ruled out of AFCON 2023 due to groin injury

The forward has suffered an injury during training

Victor Boniface, an attacker for Bayer Leverkusen, is ruled out of the upcoming African Cup of Nations 2023. He has injured his groin and will stay in Germany for treatment. The forward is expected to be out for upto six weeks.

As SCORENigeria was informed by a source, it is a muscular injury. Victor Boniface did not play in the Dubai club Al Gharib’s practice game on Sunday, so he won’t play in Guinea’s final AFCON get ready later today.

Since then, Victor Boniface has had a scan to ascertain the extent of the damage. Coach José Peseiro put Sadiq Umar, an attacker for Real Sociedad, in the striker’s place.

It should be mentioned that Kelechi Iheanacho, the fourth forward on the final roster, is frantically trying to get fit for the AFCON.

The friendly against the Guinean Syli Stars on Monday (today) is also anticipated to be missed by the striker.

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Currently, Umar Sadiq of Real Sociedad and Victor Osimhen of Napoli are Genuinely fit attackers in the team right now.

Kelechi Iheanacho, the team’s second striker, is likewise having trouble staying healthy for the AFCON. Sunday Oliseh, a Super Eagles icon, believes that Bonice’s absence will be an important danger to the Nigerian national team:

“I have watched Boniface closely all season, and he is simply an extraordinary playeHisHim missing AFCON will be a bad blow for Us. We need to have him fit at costs cost as he is, in my opinion, Definitely one of Naija’s best hopes!”

Although Wilfred Ndidi, a midfielder for Leicester City, was forced to miss the 2023 AFCON due to injury, he was substituted last week. Kelechi Iheanacho’s condition is currently being monitored by the medical staff.

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