{"id":11277,"date":"2026-11-06T18:45:55","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T18:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/afcon-2027q-osimhen-ruled-out-of-super-eagles-double-header-against-tanzania\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T18:45:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T18:45:55","slug":"afcon-2027q-osimhen-ruled-out-of-super-eagles-double-header-against-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/afcon-2027q-osimhen-ruled-out-of-super-eagles-double-header-against-tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2027Q: Osimhen Ruled Out Of Super Eagles\u2019 Double-Header Against Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Victor Osimhen will miss the Super Eagles\u2019 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against Tanzania after sustaining a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish champions Galatasaray announced on Friday that the forward is scheduled to undergo knee surgery on Saturday following an injury picked up during their UEFA Champions League encounter with Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the club confirmed that medical examinations revealed a loose body in Osimhen\u2019s left knee, necessitating arthroscopic surgery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/galatasaray.org\">The statement read<\/a>: \u201cIn the UEFA Champions League match we played against VfB Stuttgart, our player Victor Osimhen sustained a strain in his left knee, and MRI examinations detected a loose body.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/ucl-osimhen-helps-galatasaray-claim-home-win-against-stuttgart\/\">UCL: Osimhen Helps Galatasaray Claim Home Win Against Stuttgart<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn arthroscopic knee surgery will be performed tomorrow at Maslak Ac\u0131badem Hospital by our club doctor Yener \u0130nce. For this reason, our player has been removed from the squad for tomorrow\u2019s match against Amed S. F.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The injury is expected to keep the fwiatad  out of action for a period, although the duration of his recovery remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>Osimhen\u2019s absence will be a major setback for Nigeria as they prepare for their AFCON 2027 qualifying double-header against Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Eagles are scheduled to host the Taifa Stars in a Matchday Three encounter at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo on Friday, November 13, before travelling to Dar es Salaam for the return fixture four days later.<\/p>\n<p>His unavailability leaves Nigeria facing the challenge of finding an alternative attacking option for the crucial qualifiers<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Adeboye Amosu <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Osimhen will miss the Super Eagles\u2019 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against Tanzania after sustaining a knee injury. Turkish champions Galatasaray announced on Friday that the forward&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}