The Nigeria U-17 side will face their counterpart from Guinea at the ongoing U-17 African Cup of Nations in Tanzania and Sidos FC wonderkid Amoo Akinkunmi is a doubt for the semifinal clash, Allnigeriasoccer reports.
The youngster is reported to be nursing an injury which the technical crew led my former U-17 winning coach, Manu Garba feels is just a knock.
Amoo, whose nature of injury has not been detected by the medical staff of the Golden Eaglets completed the workout with his teammates on Tuesday and has been tagged lazy by the medical for not being able to complete the opening game against Tanzania and final group game against Uganda.
The attacking midfielder is suspected to be suffering from an ankle injury but should be able to defend the colours of his nation when the Golden Eaglets face Guinea in a bid to triumph in the competition.
The five-time World champions will play against the Guineans at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam by 2pm Nigeria time.
Nigeria top Group A with 7 points after opening the contest with a thrilling 5-4 victory over the host, Tanzania, followed by a 1-0 victory over Angola and wrapping it up with a crucial 1-1 draw against Uganda – which secured their qualification to the next round of the tournament.
Although Guinea were accused by Senegal for fielding two ineligible players in the competition, but, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) have dismissed the Petition, and confirmed it takes the result of the MRI scan done on the players before the commencement of the competition, therefore, rejecting the request of Senegal to disqualify Guinea.
