Eddy Onazi Lacking Match Fitness Ahead Of Crunch Tie With Egypt

Published: March 06, 2016

Eddy Onazi’s inactivity for Lazio in the Italian Serie A should be a cause for concern for the Super Eagles handlers ahead of the national team’s African Cup of Nations qualifying fixtures with Egypt later this month.

For the fifth straight game, the former My People ace failed to get match time as Lazio were held to a 1-1 draw by Joel Obi’s Torino on Sunday in the 28th round of matches.

Of the 11 matches contested by the capital team since the start of this year, Onazi has featured in only two of them, lasting the distance against Carpi and Napoli.

Bringing the statistics to life, the defensive midfielder has appeared in 13 out of a possible 40 games in all competitions for Lazio since the start of this season and has missed 67.5 percent of the team’s games.

The 23-year-old has racked up 929 minutes of game time this term, meaning he has been on the pitch in only a quarter of the total minutes Lazio have been involved in action.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel