Dinamo Minsk midfielder Christian Obodo had to be substituted during the first half by manager Oleh Protasov in the practice match with FC Rotor Volgograd on Monday evening.

The teammate of the Nigeria international, Vitaly Trubilo announced after the game that there is a possibility that he got injured.

''Sorry that Christian Obodo could not continue. We do not know what happened to Chris. But the fact that he was unable to finish the first half with Rotor,'' says Trubilo to the club's official website .

The club later stated via its official Twitter account that Christian's injury was not serious.

It is not known if the new signing would be fit to play Friday's exhibition match against Ukrainian First League outfit FC Stal Alchevsk.

Trialist Olarenwaju Kayode played for half an hour against Rotor, coming on as a second- half replacement for Hvaschinsky.

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