The coach of the Italian Serie League leader Napoli Luciano Spalletti has revealed the reason Nigeria forward Victor Osimhen missed their Friday game against Lecce.
Napoli won the away game 1-2 without the prolific striker.
Spalletti said, Osimhen wanted to play every game but it was the medics that advise him to stay and recover very well.
“Osimhen wants to play every game, but there are situations that need to be evaluated carefully. He really did run the risk of hurting himself badly and being ruled out for the rest of the season, so the medics were right to make him take some time out.
“Now we need to see if with a little strong physical activity, the pressure on the muscles grows and how he reacts because so far he has only done some basic jogging.
“It does become difficult without him, because he has this way of running into space, this physicality, he can draw everyone to him and therefore create the space for his teammates”, he said.
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