Nigeria U20 coach Emmanuel Amuneke is awaiting medical report to determine the extent of a shoulder injury suffered by star striker Victor Osimhen.
Osimhen pulled out his shoulder in the Flying Eagles 2-1 win over Nigeria Olympic team in a friendly in Abuja on Thursday.
Amuneke said they will now wait on a medical report to advise if the striker will be fit for an U20 AFCON qualifier in Burundi on May 21.
“We are not sure how serious it is yet, so we cannot make any declarations (to him being unavailable),” he said.
“He has to see the medical team and probably undergo some tests for us to be sure the extent of the injury and we have to wait until we have a feedback from the doctors.”
The 17-year-old striker scored the winner in the 2-1 win over the U23’s, after Funsho Bamgboye had cancelled out Daniel Etor’s opener for the ‘Dream Team VI, but he appeared to have pulled his shoulder afterwards.
The Flying Eagles will travel to Bujumbura on May 18 for the first leg of the qualifier, which will be played three days later in the Burundian capital of Bujumbura.
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