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He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by HealthDiary(op): 8:12am On Sep 07, 2025

Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen is facing a race against time to be fit for the Super Eagles’ crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against South Africa.

The forward was forced off in the first half of Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Rwanda in Uyo after sustaining an ankle injury.

Osimhen rejoined the national team setup this month after missing the Unity Cup triumph in May and the 1-1 draw with Russia that followed.

Expectedly, he led the line against Rwanda, but his outing lasted less than 45 minutes. The 26-year-old, who netted twice against the same opposition in March, could not replicate that form as injury ended his game prematurely.

What Chelle said

Head coach Eric Chelle confirmed that the situation remains uncertain, with the medical team expected to assess the striker in the coming days.

“I can’t say much about Victor for now. He has pain in his ankle, and we will see how he feels tomorrow (today). I also need to consult the doctors before we know if he can make the trip,” Chelle told reporters after the match.

Must-Win tie in Bloemfontein

Nigeria’s slim qualification hopes hang in the balance in their upcoming showdown with Group C leaders South Africa in Bloemfontein.

Despite edging Rwanda 1-0 through a spectacular overhead kick from substitute Tolu Arokodare, the Super Eagles remain six points behind Bafana Bafana with only three games left to play.

Anything short of victory could end their chances of automatic qualification.

https://www.pulsesports.ng/super-eagles/story/he-has-pain-in-his-ankle-eric-chelle-provides-victor-osimhen-injury-update-2025090705544728142

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by helinues: 12:14pm On Sep 07, 2025

We have other players who can replace him. Arokodare has been on fire whenever he's introduced.

Desser was a bit lazy with his marking yesterday though

The guy that paired with Bassey yesterday was good. Infact we played back 3 which was solid to some extent

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by adioolayi(m): 12:14pm On Sep 07, 2025

That Rwanda player that injured him, must have been acting on direct order...deliberately injuring our star boy.

I hope he is fit against South Africa.. because the Super Eagles cannot afford to draw, not to talk of losing...it's a MUST WIN match, for Nigeria to have a little faint hope of going to the World Cup

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by talk2maurice(m): 12:14pm On Sep 07, 2025

Get well soon Osi bobo

We need to qualify for that World Cup

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by odeku457(m): 12:14pm On Sep 07, 2025

Go go victor.... Hope you get better soon.

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by SAMTOBIJU(m): 12:15pm On Sep 07, 2025

Sorry Osimhen

Not Enough content for you Seun...haha

Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by kheny12(m): 12:15pm On Sep 07, 2025

Nigerians football lovers have lost hope of qualifying to the world cup....with this sets of lazy players.All the best to VO.They should start preparing for 2030 world cup.

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by GanagiBeetrus: 12:15pm On Sep 07, 2025

We have decent options on the bench.

Arokodare impressed, so he can start.

Dessers was a disappointment. Even the Coach had to later substitute him out after initially bringing him in for injured Osimhen.

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by Apcshit: 12:19pm On Sep 07, 2025

We should put someone else there, only oshimien o

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by Betgold84: 12:19pm On Sep 07, 2025

That defender on dreads abeg make better club sign am
And also Rwanda keeper suppose day championship or epl

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by MichaelSokoto(m): 12:20pm On Sep 07, 2025

dis was why I really prefer Osimhen going to Arab league then so as to cash out big time cos of injury...

ppl were saying it was rubbish dat he is still young!

no be injury wan disturb am so?

I pray he comes out of it in time.

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by Kingdavid579(m): 12:21pm On Sep 07, 2025

They should let him rest and recover then since football is not do or die affair

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by louken(m): 12:21pm On Sep 07, 2025

helinues:
We have other players who can replace him. Arokodare has been on fire whenever he's introduced.

Desser was a bit lazy with his marking yesterday though

The guy that paired with Bassey yesterday was good. Infact we played back 3 which was solid to some extent

You sound more sensible when you are not talking politics.

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by demoBaba: 12:24pm On Sep 07, 2025

adioolayi:
That Rwanda player that injured him, must have been acting on direct order...deliberately injuring our star boy.

I hope he is fit against South Africa.. because the Super Eagles cannot afford to draw, not to talk of losing...it's a MUST WIN match, for Nigeria to have a little faint hope of going to the World Cup

I'm not sure Nigeria can win South Africa. Someone should borrow me more character because I have nothing to say again.

Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by Heffalump(m): 12:25pm On Sep 07, 2025

I blame the earlier appointment of Finidi George for all these woes we're passing thru. If it was Amuneke, who knows the story would have been different today.

We saw this and advised, but hell no, it must be Finidi because he was complacent to the NFF officials.

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by femi4: 12:30pm On Sep 07, 2025

Not playing is a blessing in disguise. The attack will be unpredictable

The defense will be put on serious test on Tuesday

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by Prenonjebose: 12:32pm On Sep 07, 2025

Arokodare impressed yesterday. He made good use of his height. It was a big trouble for his markers. We need more wing play in SA. Aina should cut down on his flamboyance. He needs to release the ball to Lookman more quickly. Nwaubani, should be more careful with his antics. Dessers, really don't how to place the guy, even when he was at Rangers.
Dele Bashiru could be very useful in SA. I like the guy's work rate.
All in all, I wish them luck in the remaining matches. I'm not too hopeful, though.

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by deltateam: 12:38pm On Sep 07, 2025

helinues:
We have other players who can replace him. Arokodare has been on fire whenever he's introduced.

Desser was a bit lazy with his marking yesterday though

The guy that paired with Bassey yesterday was good. Infact we played back 3 which was solid to some extent

One would wonder if it's a machine that typed this. No room for quick recovery?

Get well soon Victor.

Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by deltateam: 12:40pm On Sep 07, 2025

adioolayi:
That Rwanda player that injured him, must have been acting on direct order...deliberately injuring our star boy.

I hope he is fit against South Africa.. because the Super Eagles cannot afford to draw, not to talk of losing...it's a MUST WIN match, for Nigeria to have a little faint hope of going to the World Cup

I wished they played like Brazil of old ( Ronaldinho set) though to have a fair chance at world cup. Group stage exit wouldn't be nice.

Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by Hector26: 12:55pm On Sep 07, 2025

The pairing of Calvin Bassey and Frederick was superb. I know Frederick was going to be a superstar, seeing what he displayed during his
U-17 days. Such a great guy.

They should leave Ndidi out and introduce Uche Chrisantus of Getafe a Deep lying midfielder. Tolu Arokodare can start as he is good at build up plays

However, Moses Simon was our most dangerous forward against Rwanda. I'd excuse Lookman because he was played out of position.

Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by SmartyPants(m): 1:26pm On Sep 07, 2025

helinues:
We have other players who can replace him. Arokodare has been on fire whenever he's introduced.

Desser was a bit lazy with his marking yesterday though

The guy that paired with Bassey yesterday was good. Infact we played back 3 which was solid to some extent

Where did you see a back 3? It was a 4 3 3 formation with Bassey and Frederick at the back, Ndidi, Onyeka and Iwobi in the middle.

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by Sharatan(m): 1:37pm On Sep 07, 2025

[quote author=Prenonjebose post=136719818]Arokodare impressed yesterday. He made good use of his height. It was a big trouble for his markers. We need more wing play in SA. Aina should cut down on his flamboyance. He needs to release the ball to Lookman more quickly. Nwaubani, should be more careful with his antics. Dessers, really don't how to place the guy, even when he was at Rangers.
Dele Bashiru could be very useful in SA. I like the guy's work rate.
All in all, I wish them luck in the remaining matches. I'm not too hopeful, though.[you talk true bros]

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by free2ryhme: 1:38pm On Sep 07, 2025

HealthDiary:
https://www.pulsesports.ng/super-eagles/story/he-has-pain-in-his-ankle-eric-chelle-provides-victor-osimhen-injury-update-2025090705544728142

Eric Chelle let us hear word jare

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by Nastrademus(m): 1:39pm On Sep 07, 2025

I was thinking you are only good at supporting bad politicians, you'd be loved more if you can continually make sense more like this

helinues:
We have other players who can replace him. Arokodare has been on fire whenever he's introduced.

Desser was a bit lazy with his marking yesterday though

The guy that paired with Bassey yesterday was good. Infact we played back 3 which was solid to some extent

Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by helinues: 1:55pm On Sep 07, 2025

SmartyPants:
Where did you see a back 3? It was a 4 3 3 formation with Bassey and Frederick at the back, Ndidi, Onyeka and Iwobi in the middle.

We played 3 back. Bassey at the central defence. Aina at the left back while Frederick at the right back. Ndidi played more as a defensive midfielder while Onyenka and Iwobi was in front of Ndidi

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by SmartyPants(m): 2:02pm On Sep 07, 2025

helinues:
We played 3 back. Bassey at the central defence. Aina at the left back while Frederick at the right back. Ndidi played more as a defensive midfielder while Onyenka and Iwobi was in front of Ndidi

Guy, you didn't watch that game. Bruno Onyemaechi was the left back. Aina was at right back.

Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by seunlayi(m): 2:05pm On Sep 07, 2025

Super Eagles should have lost yesterday's match and safe Nigerians the prolonged mental torture of qualifying or not + TPain. SA is already far from us only a miracle for Nigeria and disaster to SA will make us qualify

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Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by helinues: 2:12pm On Sep 07, 2025

SmartyPants:
Guy, you didn't watch that game. Bruno Onyemaechi was the left back. Aina was at right back.

You supposed to know that I mixed that one up. So who else played at the back 4 for us?

Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by Tunmise40: 2:32pm On Sep 07, 2025

adioolayi:
That Rwanda player that injured him, must have been acting on direct order...deliberately injuring our star boy.

I hope he is fit against South Africa.. because the Super Eagles cannot afford to draw, not to talk of losing...it's a MUST WIN match, for Nigeria to have a little faint hope of going to the World Cup

go world cup go do wetin....
Dem no wan go world cup. Na u wan go.

Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by SmartyPants(m): 2:48pm On Sep 07, 2025

helinues:
You supposed to know that I mixed that one up. So who else played at the back 4 for us?

I told you in my first post.

Simon - Osimhen - Lookman

Iwobi - Ndidi - Onyeka

Onyemaechi (LB) - Bassey (CB) Fredericks (CB) - Aina (RB)

Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by IMPARTIAL: 2:51pm On Sep 07, 2025

First, Eric Chelle has a flaw. He does not notice when things are going wrong. How can Simon and Lookman play the left wing? One was supposed to be on the right side but kept drifting to the left. This is because both of them are used to the left side. Chelle did not notice this. That was why whenever a midfielder wanted to pass the ball to the right wing, he wouldn't see anyone. Ikpeba complained about this too.

Secondly, Christantus Uche is hard and strong. He needs to come in and replace someone.

Thirdly, Iwobi is good but we need a stronger person in that position.

Fourthly, Lookman or Simon should be dropped for Chukwueze to come in. Simon or Lookman should operate on the left, and Chukwueze on the right. We need to pile pressure on the SA defense.

Fifthly...I never really liked Arokodare when he first joined the team. Now, I realize that he carries a threat. Osimhen may be better, but this guy is equally solid.

Sixthly, Aina should give his all as he does for Forest.

Re: He Has Pain In His Ankle - Eric Chelle Provides Victor Osimhen Injury Update by Sensiblerealist(m): 3:11pm On Sep 07, 2025

Noor mind am, kenlike to dey argue.
Something that an SS1 student was talking about with his friend.
I noor know where inn see 3 at the back.

SmartyPants:
Guy, you didn't watch that game. Bruno Onyemaechi was the left back. Aina was at right back.

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