The Three Biggest Losers From The Coronavirus Pandemic Fallout In Super Eagles

Published: March 29, 2020

Just before the Confederation of African Football moved to call off the AFCON qualification series earlier slated to be held on the continent this month no thanks to the novel Coronavirus pandemic, a number of the Super Eagles on Gernot Rohr's last list were hoping to use the occasion to catch the eyes following their invitation.

That unfortunately, will fail to materialise and the football world is currently static, as the wait goes on.

Normalcy will hopefully return in no distant time, but who were the ones worst hit with the unsavory situation?

Allnigeriasoccer.com brings readers the three biggest ones who will feel hard-hit by this thus,

Cyriel Dessers: Dessers was expected to make his debut for Nigeria in the double-header with Sierra Leone after his celebrated first ever call-up to the national team.

But then lightening struck. The red-hot Heracles Almelo striker will thus have to wait to actualise his professed dream of turning out in the green, his scintillating form thus far in the Eredivisie notwithstanding.

Kingsley Ehizibue: The FC Kolñ defender is another on this front who perhaps, should have celebrated his senior international bow for the Super Eagles this month.

Nigeria were set to beat Germany and Netherlands to his capture, but just on the cusp of it all came the outbreak of the virus and ultimately, the postponements.

Whether the former PEC Zwolle wonder kid will still maintain his blistering form to warrant a future invitation thus, remains in the melting pot.

Leon Balogun: Balogun had missed all of Nigeria's games since the end of the 2019 AFCON last year as Rohr continued to snub him as a result of his bench role at Brighton.

Now at Wigan where he is enjoying a new lease of life, the 31-year-old was back in contention with the fold after his latest invitation. Will he not feel the pandemic had struck at the worst possible time?

Emmanuel Chinaza