The current coach of English club Leicester City, Enzo Maresca has expressed his happiness over the return of Wilfred Ndidi to full fitness after nursing an injury.
Recall that due to his injury, former Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro was forced to drop Ndidi from his AFCON 2023 squad with Alhassan Yusuf called up as a replacement.
While reacting to the return of Ndidi who managed to play 20 minutes as a substitute in Leicester City’s 1-0 away win against Sunderland on Tuesday, Maresca said that his return to fitness is timely.
“It’s an important win,” Maresca noted on the club’s website. “Especially after three defeats in a row. Sometimes you have to win games in an ugly way. [In the] first half we were quite good, in the second half we suffered, but in this moment, the win is so important.
“The first half, especially the first half an hour, was unbelievable. We had many chances, we missed and we have struggled to score goals in these games. But at the end, it was important to win the game.”
The coach singled out Ndidi for special mention as he praised the Nigerian return to the team’s lineup for the first time since the end of December.
“I’m very happy. We need him, Wilf (Ndidi) is so important to us so it’s good to have him back,” he added.