Benin have drafted Moise Adilehou of Laval to take care of problems in central defence following training injury of Yohan Verdon.
Benin will be without two of their top central defenders, Cedric Houtondhji and Verdon, due to injury.
Rohr has lamented that the absence of these defenders could force him to play a flat back four instead of his preferred three-man defence.
Adilehou hit the team’s camp in Abidjan Wednesday night and will be available for selection tonight.
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