Nigeria, Oct. 5 -- Nigeria's 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign has been hit by yet another injury crisis, forcing head coach Eric Chelle to reshuffle his pack ahead of this month's decisive fixtures against Lesotho and Benin.

Already without key names like Ola Aina, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru and Raphael Onyedika, all sidelined at club level with varying injury problems, the Super Eagles have now confirmed that Cyriel Dessers and Bright Osayi-Samuel will also miss the two qualifiers.

Osayi-Samuel, who recently joined Birmingham City, had been nursing a knock and sat out their last game at Wrexham, while Dessers' absence compounds Nigeria's shortage of attacking depth.

In response, Coach Chelle has called up Crystal Palace midfielder Chr...