Di hope wey Said El Mala get say im go play for Stuttgart don scatter. Di 20-year-old star no go dey for FC Köln squad for Friday Bundesliga match against VfB Stuttgart. Im don miss di final training for Thursday and di session for Wednesday, and because of sickness im no even travel with di team go Stuttgart.
But despite all dis, di young star still hope till di last minute say im fit help im team. Shkodran Mustafi, who be Sky expert and assistant coach for U21, don reveal dis for evening. “I call am this morning,” di former defender wey be World Cup winner for 2014 talk. El Mala hope say e go fit make am, but e no get chance to recover on time. “Sorry for am. E for don be fine game for am,” Mustafi yarn.
Because of di sickness, El Mala no go fit also show imself to national coach Jürgen Klopp. Klopp, wey be 59 years old, don announce say im go dey for stadium for days now. Dis one na another blow for di player and also bitter for Köln. According to Mustafi, “Na pity for Köln because for match against Hoffenheim we all see wetin im fit give di team wit im speed and im desire to score.”
For FC, di absence of di new number 10 dey pain because dem also no get Thijs Dallinga. Dallinga na di player wey score two goals for di opening win against Hoffenheim. Di two sick players don give coach René Wagner plenty headache before dis hard away match against Champions League participant VfB Stuttgart.
Remember say Dallinga bin shine for dat first match, and El Mala score di equalizer make am 1-1, di first league goal for Köln dis season. But afta dat, both of dem fall sick. Dallinga catch stomach virus, while El Mala get heavy cold. For Wednesday, Wagner bin still keep small hope for El Mala: “For both of dem, e look like e go tight. But for Said, e look small better. We really need to look and wait.”
Dat hope wey dem dey carry for quick recovery no come true. For El Mala position, Wagner don put Linton Maina for starting eleven. Di new signing, Mikey Moore, wey fit also play for wing, start for bench.
