modextus: John 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.