Jonathan Akpoborie has advised Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, to consider taking Ejike Uzoenyi to the World Cup ahead of Ahmed Musa.
Uzoenyi has put up a number of sparkling performances, as the Eagles progressed into the semi-finals, at the ongoing African Nations Championship. He has scored three goals so far in four matches and has been named man of the match on three occasions.
“Ejike Uzoenyi has played well so far in the ongoing Africa Nations Championship and most especially in the quarter-final battle against Morocco which Nigeria won. This definitely throws a lot of question as regards why Ahmed Musa has been playing ahead of him in the Super Eagles,” Akpoborie told Goal in Abuja.
“Uzoenyi is a more creative player and a more sensible player. Musa is faster but Keshi has a lot of job on his hands to decide who makes the plane to Brazil.
“Musa creates goals but his finishing has been poor. Before the last Africa Cup of Nations and even the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, Musa had many chances but rarely buried them as expected of a player like him.”
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Akpoborie also said that Musa is guilty of giving away the ball, while Uzoenyi is more intelligent with it.
“Musa concedes the ball to the opponent and in modern football you need somebody who is economical with the ball and makes his passes to his teammates most of the time, not every time,” he added.
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