Nigeria’s Sunshine Stars will be
without No.1 goalkeeper Moses
Ocheje for Sunday’s CAF Champions
League semi-final at Ahly.
Ocheje, who was forced to man the
post in the first leg which ended 3-3,
could not regain fitness after he took
ill and was hospitalised for three days
after the game in Ijebu-Ode.
The goalkeeper in sad mood
told MTNFootball.com that he is
disappointed he will miss the trip, but
said his deputy, Henry Ayodele, will do
the job for the Akure club in his
absence.
"I won't play the second leg in Cairo. I
am not fit yet. I have not trained since
the first leg because of the illness. I
told my mates to believe in
themselves, without me they can do it.
I will be with them in spirit and I know
they can do it," Ocheje told
MTNFootball.com
Ocheje said he has given Ayodele the
needed confidence to stop Ahly in
Cairo on Sunday.
"I have been talking to Henry since I
knew I won't make it. I told him to
believe in himself, approach the game
the way he did for the games he
played and make sure he controls his
defence line by talking to them. He
can do it," he informed.
The team are scheduled to depart for
Cairo on Thursday ahead of the
Sunday clash.
Mtnfootball
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