In the dressing room, the Enyimba FC players sat, slightly tense as they looked up at their coach who paced up and down the room.
For the past few months since the start of the NPFL season, Enyimba FC had a difficult time with injuries. Only their defense was still stalwart as across the midfield and forward lines, they already suffered multiple injuries already.
Maybe it was luck but as December approached, most of the Enyimba players in the injury list finally made their return.
At the moment, Cyril Olisema was the only important Enyimba FC player still injured and with Farouk's return, his spot in the starting XI was not even guaranteed.
Austin already returned some time ago and worked his way back to fitness already, but Emeka was still not in tip top shape for the FIFA Club World Cup.
Despite this, his name was in the starting XI.