Victor Osimhen, Moses Simon and William Troost-Ekong, Ola Aina and Frank Onyeka were all exempted from Super Eagles recovery session on Monday.

The Super Eagles returned to their Ecole Nationale de la Police training pitch on Monday evening following Sunday’s opening fixture against Equatorial Guinea at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Completesports.com learnt that the doctors advised the quintet to sit out the session in order to ease their recovery.

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New arrivals; Kelechi Iheanacho, Terem Moffi and Paul Onuachu all took part in the session.

Midfielder Alhassan Yusuf missed the session as he is yet to fully recover from the injury he sustained against Equatorial Guinea.

The Super Eagles will continue to their preparation for the game against Cote d’Ivoire on Tuesday.

By Adeboye Amosu in Abidjan

Photo by Ganiyu Yusuf