{"id":298325,"date":"2023-11-23T14:54:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T13:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=298325"},"modified":"2023-11-23T14:54:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T13:54:59","slug":"awoniyi-out-of-afcon-with-groin-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/11\/23\/awoniyi-out-of-afcon-with-groin-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Awoniyi out of AFCON with groin injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Awoniyi had suffered the injury earlier during the 2023\/24 Premier League season but he aggravated it playing for Nigeria against Lesotho in the 2026 World Cup qualifier<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nottingham Forest striker, Taiwo Awoniyi will not take part in the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) after undergoing surgery on a niggling groin injury.<\/p>\n<p>Awoniyi had suffered the injury earlier during the 2023\/24 Premier League season but he aggravated it playing for Nigeria against Lesotho in the 2026 World Cup qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old thereafter missed the Super Eagles\u2019 second World Cup qualification game against Zimbabwe last Sunday as he went back to England to begin medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Forest head coach, Steve Cooper, however, provided an update on the Nigerian striker on Thursday and confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/05\/13\/awoniyi-nets-brace-in-nottingham-forest-chelsea-stalemate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Awoniyi<\/a> will be out for \u201cmonths\u201d because of the groin injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is bad news on Taiwo, he has had to have surgery and he is going to be out for months,\u201d Cooper told the official website of Forest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will support him and try to get him back as quick and as fit as he can be, but it is a really unfortunate situation and a blow for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has become an important player for us with the goals he has scored and the goals he will score for us but he is such a good guy and a good professional who is desperate to do well, so to get an injury like this is harsh on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have got to support him through the process of coming back stronger. 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