{"id":304510,"date":"2024-01-06T16:54:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T15:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=304510"},"modified":"2024-01-06T16:54:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T15:54:09","slug":"afcon-2023-ndidis-withdrawal-wont-affect-super-eagles-nff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/06\/afcon-2023-ndidis-withdrawal-wont-affect-super-eagles-nff\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2023: Ndidi\u2019s withdrawal won\u2019t affect Super Eagles \u2013 NFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Ndidi was replaced by Royal Antwerp player Alhassan Yusuf after sustaining an injury ahead of the Super Eagles AFCON 2023 campaign<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, has allayed fears surrounding Wilfred Ndidi\u2019s departure from the Super Eagles\u2019 camp ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ndidi, a key player in Peseiro\u2019s squad, was replaced by Royal Antwerp player Alhassan Yusuf after sustaining an injury ahead of the Super Eagles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/04\/caf-increases-afcon-prize-money-by-40\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AFCON<\/a> 2023 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Gusau said in an interview on the NFF\u2019s website on Saturday that there was no cause for alarm.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the team could perform well even without the Leicester City midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have any tension because I know we played a lot of matches without Ndidi and won a lot of matches without him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also played a lot of matches with Ndidi and lost unexpectedly, so it\u2019s not about Ndidi; it\u2019s about the national team of Nigeria,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>NAN also reports that Ndidi\u2019s replacement, Yusuf, currently making an impact for Antwerp, notably scored a vital goal in their UEFA Champions League match against Portuguese opposition.<\/p>\n<p>He also provided an assist in his team\u2019s victory against FC Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Gusau expressed confidence in Yusuf\u2019s contributions to the AFCON campaign, citing his impressive performance against FC Barcelona as a positive indicator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe young boy that was brought in now, Yusuf, is also doing wonderfully well with his team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they played against Barcelona, you could see the performance he put on in the win against Barcelona in the Champions League,\u201d the NFF president said.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing parallels to Sunday Mba\u2019s pivotal performance in AFCON 2013, Gusau hoped that the young Nigerian talent, Yusuf, would replicate a similar impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s also a young boy; maybe it\u2019s an opportunity for him to do a miracle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t forget everybody did not have confidence in Mba when we went to the AFCON in 2013, and at the end of the day, Mba was one of the players that performed a miracle,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody knows what Yusuf is going to be on the team, so it\u2019s not about Ndidi; it\u2019s about the Super Eagles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NAN also reports that the Super Eagles are scheduled to face Guinea in an upcoming preparatory match before heading to Cote d\u2019Ivoire for their AFCON campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 AFCON, which kicks off on January 13, will end on February 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ndidi was replaced by Royal Antwerp player Alhassan Yusuf after sustaining an injury ahead of the Super Eagles AFCON 2023 campaign President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, has allayed fears surrounding Wilfred Ndidi\u2019s departure from the Super Eagles\u2019 camp ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). 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