Major Blow! Super Falcons Top Player Oshoala out of WAFCON

Nigeria’s marketing campaign on the Ladies’s Africa Cup of Nations has suffered a significant setback after Ahead Asisat Oshoala pulled out of the competitors with an damage.

Oshoala performed in Nigeria’s 2-1 defeat towards South Africa within the group C, however she was changed within the 82nd minute after she suffered a knock.

The 27 year-old didn’t participate within the squad’s restoration session on Tuesday and Coach Randy Waldrum had hoped to have Her again earlier than Thursday’s recreation towards Botswana.

Nonetheless, after additional prognosis of the damage, Oshoala has now been dominated out the competitors because the is extra extreme than initially feared.

On Wednesday, the Nigeria Soccer Federation offered updates on the Ahead’s damage scenario, in a tweet.

Unhappy information from @NGSuper_Falcons camp: High striker @AsisatOshoala is out of the continued #WAFCON2022. She sustained a Grade 2 Medial Collateral Ligament pressure within the recreation towards South Africa. She is due again in Spain on Thursday. Get effectively fast Asisat!

‼️Unhappy information from @NGSuper_Falcons camp: High striker @AsisatOshoala is out of the continued #WAFCON2022. She sustained a Grade 2 Medial Collateral Ligament pressure within the recreation towards South Africa. She is due again in Spain on Thursday. Get effectively fast Asisat!

— The NFF ?? (@thenff) July 6, 2022

Final yr Asisat Oshoala ruptured the posterior cruciate ligament in her proper knee throughout a membership engagement and was dominated out for 2 months.

In the meantime, in February she additionally suffered a left thigh damage earlier than Nigeria’s WAFCON qualifying match towards Ivory Coast and was sidelined for 10 weeks.