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<\/p>\nThe former Leicester City star, who missed Nigeria\u2019s last two friendly matches against Ukraine and Brazil due to injury, said he was delighted to be back as he hopes to feature for the 2019 AFCON bronze winners against the Squirrels.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very happy to be back from injury. Over 2 months now, I\u2019ve not played football but thank God, finally, I\u2019m back, so I\u2019m happy,\u201d Musa was quoted by Soccernet as telling reporters at Super Eagles\u2019 training camp in Uyo on Monday ahead of Nigeria\u2019s clash with Benin on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny time any minute the coach wants me to play, I\u2019m ready and ready to go.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you can see, we don\u2019t have much time with the team, we\u2019ve just had our first training session with the players.<\/p>\n
\u201cTomorrow we will have the team together. So I know it\u2019s a very difficult game but we know the task ahead of us, so we will have to do our best to win the first game (against Benin).\u201d<\/p>\n
Also speaking, Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen said he is hundred per cent ready to face Benin Republic, adding that he will try to score goals against the visitors.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am 100% ready,\u201d Osimhen said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course I\u2019ll try to get the goals for the team but I\u2019m not the only striker that can score. We also have Samuel Chukwueze and Samuel Kalu and of course, our captain (Ahmed Musa) is back, so confidence in the camp is really high.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, we\u2019re looking forward to the game. \u201cIt feels good to be back (in Nigeria). It\u2019s home for us always and we are ready to give our best and make the fans happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have been together for almost two years now and the coaches know the qualities of each of the players, so I think we will be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
The kick-off time for the match is 5pm.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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