Super Eagles and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has been cleared of Covid-19 after the Nigerian was tested negative to the pandemic.
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He is expected to return to Italy to make himself available to Luciano Spalletti in view of the next matches, starting evaluated perhaps already with the Coppa Italia match with Fiorentina.
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“Victor is negative at Covid-19! Osimhen will return to Italy in the next few hours!” announces Napoli through a post published on Twitter.
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It will be recalled that the former Lille of France, in addition to Covid-19, was struggling with the post-surgery prognosis on the face and he was ruled of the Nigeria squad heading to AFCON 2021 in Cameroon.
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Meanwhile, countries suffering Covid outbreaks will have to play their Africa Cup of Nations matches even if they have only 11 players available.
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New guidelines from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) state matches will still go ahead even if none of the 11 players is a goalkeeper.
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Any nation unable to fulfil a fixture will forfeit the game 2-0.
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The guidance has been issued after several nations reported Covid cases before the tournament starts yesterday.
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CAF said that in “exceptional cases” the tournament’s organising committee “will take the appropriate decision”.
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