Reports from Morocco, venue of the African U-17 Championship Saturday
evening said that three players of the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria have
failed the MRI test conducted by the Confederation of African Football,
CAF on all the players playing in the competition.
MRI test, which
can accurately determine the ages of players, conducted on Friday
showed that two defenders and a striker were above the age limit for the
competition.
The affected players are Wilfred Onyinye Ndidi (Nath
FC, Lagos), Ibrahim Abdullahi (Sardauna Academy, Kano) and Emmanuel
Asadu (Amuneke Academy).
It was gathered that CAF has ordered that the three Nigerian players
be excluded from participating at the Under 17 African Championship
which kicked off Saturday.
Their omission from the tournament has now reduced the Golden Eaglets players to 18 players.
Ademola
Olajire, Assistant Director (Media) of the Nigeria Football Federation,
NFF, told P.M.NEWS Sports Saturday evening on telephone that the news
from the Eaglets’ camp in Morocco was true, adding that the earlier
report was that no player was affected. He said the Media Officer of the
team has been directed to issue a statement on the unfortunate. He
assured that the incident would not affect the morale of other players
as they prepare to face Ghana in Sunday\s first group match.
The Golden Eaglets, three time world champions, are also pitted in the same group with, Congo and Cote d’Ivoire.
An earlier report was that all Nigerian players were cleared by the test.
There
were also reports of MRI test failure by three players each from
Ivory Coast and Congo, out of the other seven participating countries.
CAF
on Friday conducted a on all players to verify that they fall within
the U-17 years age bracket before the start of the African Junior
Championship.
The bone density of wrists of the players was scanned to ensure an accuracy of at least within one percent under the age 18.
This represented the margin of error for the tests so players don’t get unduly disqualified.
The
practice was first introduced by the continental governing body at the
2011 tournament in Rwanda where eight Gambian players failed the
inaugural test.
Meanwhile, former Eaglets’ coach, Alphonsus Dike,
has predicted victory for the Nigerians against their West African
arch-rivals, the Black Starlets of Ghana.
The two nations will clash in the opening game of Group B in Marrakech, Morocco on Sunday.
“I see the team going as far as the final as well as lifting the
trophy. No side in the championship look as solid as the Nigerian side.
It will be a huge shock if they miss the title celebration,” the Head
Coach of Nasarawa United told supersport.com.
The three-time world
champions will line up next against Cote d’Ivoire on Wednesday before
rounding off their Group B campaign against Congo on Saturday.
The
semifinalists of the cadet championship will qualify to represent
Africa at the upcoming FIFA Under-17 World Cup in the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) in the months of October and November.
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