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Mikel Obi is set to defy Chelsea doctor’s orders and feature for the
Super Eagles against Namibia on Wednesday, in a game that will be played
on artificial pitch.
The
midfielder has suffered a recurring back injury and was recently
nursing ahip injury. This led to the club doctors insisting that he does
not play on the hard surface of an artificial pitch.
However,
Obi has shunned those instructions and is ready to do battle against
the Brave Warriors, as Nigeria seeks to qualify for next year’s World
Cup in Brazil. The player, who has been linked with a move to
Galatasaray, trained on Monday, even as coach Stephen Keshi stated that
he did not expect his players to struggle on the astro turf of the Sam
Nujoma Stadium.
“I
don’t expect us to have any problems with the pitch. We have trained on
astro turf and just decided to use grass today (Monday). Tomorrow
(Tuesday) we will train at the match ground again,” he said.
The temperature in Windhoek, was as low as 6 degrees on Monday, as the Eagles were put through their paces.
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