Osimhen doubtful for AFCON qualifiers as Galatasaray confirm his gr0in injury

Galatasaray have confirmed that Victor Osimhen has suffered
a gr0in injury in their last league match.

 

Osimhen was substituted off in the 33rd minute of
Galatasaray’s 3-2 win over Istanbul Basaksehir F.K. on Friday. He left the
pitch clutching his left inner thigh and was accompanied by club doctors.

He scored a sensational goal in the 17th minute with a
strike from outside the box that cannoned off the bar and over the goal line.

In a statement on the injury update, Galatasaray said the
27-year-old striker has suffered an “advanced-moderate level strain (bleeding
and strain) in the right adductor (groin) muscle group”.

The club, however, did not state the recovery time period
for the injury.

“Following the completion of MR and advanced examinations at
our sponsor Acıbadem Hospital, advanced-moderate level strain (bleeding and
strain) has been detected in the right adductor (groin) muscle group of our
footballer Victor Osimhen,” the statement reads.

“Similarly, advanced-moderate level strain (bleeding and
strain) has been detected in the right adductor muscle group of our player
Mario Lemina, whose examinations have also been completed, and their treatment
processes are ongoing.”

A groin injury typically takes around three weeks to heal,
putting Osimhen in a race against time for the Super Eagles’ first couple of
qualification games for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.
Nigeria take on Madagascar on September 25, then face Guinea-Bissau four days
later.

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