Tyronne Ebuehi suffered an injury scare in the Super Eagles first workout session in Russia on Tuesday evening. The Benfica new signing suffered a nose-bleed but received immediate medical attention. Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr confirmed that it was a minor ailment will not keep him on the sidelines for Nigeria’s World Cup opener against Croatia.
“He’s fit and there are no injury problems in the team,” Rohr told reporters at Wednesday morning’s press conference before the start of training.
The Dutch-born defender who made his international debut for the Super Eagles in a friendly against Togo last June, trained with the rest of his international teammates.