CAN 2022: Aubameyang and Lemina forfeit against Ghana, heart damage detected
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mario Lemina were not allowed to take part in the match against Ghana after the Covid-19 contamination.
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The two star players of the Panthers of Gabon had missed their team's first match because positive for Covid-19.
Recovered, however, they are forfeited against Ghana after they were diagnosed with heart damage linked to Covid-19.
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It was already a blow for Gabon,
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mario Lemina had to forfeit
the Panthers' first match
against the Comoros
last Monday after testing positive for Covid-19 on their arrival in Cameroon.
After being tested again, this time negative, the two players were supposed to return to the group to play their team's second match against Ghana this Friday evening, January 14.
CAF does not want to take risks
Their return was particularly expected but Aubameyang and Lemina are finally forfeited again to face Ghana.
In a tweet, the Gabonese Football Federation claims that the CAF medical committee did not authorize the two players to take part in the meeting because medical examinations have revealed heart damage in both players.
Another Gabonese player, Axel Meyé, is also in the same situation.
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According to the CAF Medical Committee, players Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, Axel Meyé and Mario Lemina barely out of the Covid cannot take part in this match.
The examinations would show cardiac lesions.
CAF did not want to take any risks.
pic.twitter.com/cebUnMLSVX
— Gabonese Football Federation - FEGAFOOT (@fegafoot_gabon) January 14, 2022
On
Facebook, FĂ©gafoot
explains that "
CAF did not want to take any risks
", but it questions the late communication of these medical results, recalling that "
any player who tested negative after Covid-19 must do a general assessment. before resuming competition
.
We do not know for the moment more about the duration of unavailability of Gabonese players.
This new absence of Aubameyang and Lemina against Ghana is in any case an unexpected event that Gabon would have done well without.
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