Confirmed: Victor Osimhen out of Super Eagles’ friendly with Portugal

The three-time African champions are scheduled to commerce tackles with the Portuguese nationwide crew on Thursday

Napoli ahead Victor Osimhen is not going to be accessible for Nigeria’s pleasant match towards Portugal on November 17.

The Nigerian Soccer Federation made the event public on Monday through their official Twitter account.

Harm has been cited as why Osimhen is not going to take part within the high-profile pleasant match with the previous European champions.

Replace Portugal V Nigeria pleasant: Chidozie Awaziem replaces injured Olisa Ndah
Whereas Cyriel Dessers replaces injured Victor Osimhen pic.twitter.com/sqsDbLOGEz

— The NFF ?? (@thenff) November 14, 2022

Osimhen’s absence might be an enormous blow to Nigeria’s hopes of beating World Cup-bound Portugal in Lisbon.

The Napoli ahead has been top-of-the-line strikers in Europe to date this season.

A few weeks in the past, Osimhen grew to become Nigeria’s all-time high scorer within the Italian Serie A after notching 32 objectives for Napoli.

The 23-year-old striker has banged 9 objectives for the Neapolitans to take a seat high of the Italian top-flight’s goalscorer chart.

In Osimhen’s place for the Portugal pleasant, Jose Peseiro has known as up Cremonese attacker Cyriel Dessers.

Dessers’ availability can be unsure, as the previous Genk ace has missed the membership’s final couple of video games resulting from harm.