Kalu, Ebuehi Excluded from Clash in Cape Verde

French Bordeaux winger, Samuel Kalu and Italy’s Venezia defender, Tyronne Ebuehi, were two Super Eagles players excluded from playing in today’s Group C Match-day 2 fixture of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Cape Verde.

The two Nigerian players were initially believed to have tested positive for Covid-19.

However, the second testing of the two players proved negative but was already two late to include them in Eagles line up against the Blue Sharks.

Kalu was a late substitute for Moses Simon in Friday’s game against Liberia in Lagos.

He is one of Coach Gernot Rohr’s favourite players and was tipped to start today’s match for a Super Eagles team heavily depleted by the absence of seven players who started on Friday.

Last month, Kalu collapsed on his own during a Ligue 1 game at Olympique Marseille but recovered to continue the game before he was substituted.

Ebuehi on the other hand was schemed to play the right back with Shehu Abdullahi moved to play in the midfield.