{"id":46625,"date":"2026-01-04T02:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=46625"},"modified":"2026-01-04T02:01:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:01:01","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnigeria-suffer-injury-blow-ahead-of-afcon-r16-encounter-against-mozambique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/04\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnigeria-suffer-injury-blow-ahead-of-afcon-r16-encounter-against-mozambique\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria suffer injury blow ahead of AFCON R16 encounter against Mozambique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-139414\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"330\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nigeria-suffer-injury-blow-ahead-of-AFCON-R16-encounter-against.jpg?resize=330%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ball.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ball.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ball.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ball.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ball.jpg?resize=330%2C264&amp;ssl=1 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<div class=\"soccer24-advanced-banner soccer24-banner-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nigeria-suffer-injury-blow-ahead-of-AFCON-R16-encounter-against.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Banner2image\" class=\"soccer24-banner-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Nigeria have suffered an injury blow ahead of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Round of 16 match against Mozambique.<\/p>\n<p>Panathinaikos forward Cyriel Dessers will not feature again at the tournament in Morocco after sustaining a thigh injury during training. The setback comes just days before the Super Eagles\u2019 next encounter on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA thigh injury has ruled Cyriel Dessers out of the team. He has now returned to his club,\u201d reads an update from an official from Nigerian FA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwenty-five players trained on Friday evening. Ryan Alebiosu was at the team session but did not participate, as his recovery from a leg injury is ongoing. Tochukwu Nnadi also sat out of training due to a cold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria will face Mozambique in their Round of 16 clash on Monday, with kick-off scheduled for 9:00 p.m. CAT in Fes.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged 2025 afcon, Mozambique., Nigeria<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->&#13;\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Nigeria #suffer #injury #blow #ahead #AFCON #R16 #encounter #Mozambique<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Nigeria have suffered an injury blow ahead of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Round&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[942,1003,1855,2355,1854,640,322,8274,1853],"class_list":["post-46625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-afcon","tag-ahead","tag-blow","tag-encounter","tag-injury","tag-mozambique","tag-nigeria","tag-r16","tag-suffer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46626,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46625\/revisions\/46626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}