So did you think that Osimhen absent affect Nigeria to win the match against South Africa? For me, I don't think Nigerian players are serious. Osimhen helps Nigeria a lot by scoring goals when they need it, but Nigeria can't rely on Osimhen, a country can't rely on one player because of what's going on now. After Osimhen was injured, no player wanted to stand up to assist Nigeria score qualify for the World Cup, if the players couldn't win a game without Osimhen, why would they come to play for Nigeria?
Even with Osimhen in the game, Nigeria would not have still won. The South Africans did not come to play for a win, they were okay with a draw, and that should be the first reason the selected a very poor field for the game. The Super Eagles players still lack coherence so they struggled to play as a team.
Let's hope that they are are able to learn from this and rebuild a team, not just a set of players kicking the ball around and playing for themselves in the National team because if they don't qualify for the next world cup, it will be a shame.