As the Super Eagles gets set to battle the Mediterranean Knights of Libya in the Morocco 2025 CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifying mat h in Uyo, caretaker coach Augustine Eguavoen, has admitted that the Nigerian side will miss it’s Star player, Victor OsimhenOsimhen was left out in the 23 man list of invited Super Eagles players for the double header cracker following injuryThis is even as the coach has declared that his major objective is to pick the maximum six points from the game which he noted is crucial to the Super EaglesNigeria host the first game at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo on Friday evening, with the return at the Martyrs of Benina Stadium in Benina, 19 kilometres from Libya’s second city Benghazi, on Tuesday night.Eguavoen said, “We have to be practical about it: our best and surest route to the finals will be to pick up the six points in the matches with Libya, and be somewhat guaranteed of a place in Morocco even before Matchday 5. We don’t want to be in any anxiety in the run-in in this qualifying campaign.“I admit we will miss Victor (Osimhen), but I believe in the other strikers available to get us the goals that will give us the three points in Uyo, and the three points in Libya.”Twenty of the 23 invited players trained in Uyo on Tuesday evening, with defender Bright Osayi-Samuel and forwards Kelechi Iheanacho and Chidera Ejuke arriving on Wednesday morning.Nigeria leads their group with four points from their two matches so far, one point ahead of Benin Republic and two ahead of Rwanda. The Eagles will go to 10 points with a double win over Libya, while both teams on Nigeria’s heels are in attrition and are bound to chop at each other’s advantage one way or the other.Meanwhile, the delegation of Libya’s Mediterranean Knights landed at the Port Harcourt International Airport around noon on Tuesday, before moving to Uyo by road.
