In truth, the national team has toiled to produce satisfactory
chemistry in the middle of the park in the absence of the mercurial
midfielder and the former Super Eagles star yearned to see him return
quickly in the team before the tournament proper.
He went ahead to compare him with current Ballon d’Or holder, Luka
Modric whom he faced at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and lauded his
efforts to match up with the Real Madrid star and the Argentine
midfielders.
“Look at how he performed against one of the best midfielders the
game has seen at the last World Cup, he stood his ground against Luka
Modric and co. and it was just unfortunate he didn’t get enough quality
support from his fellow midfield players for us to come away with a
better result against Croatia. Against Argentina, he did very well too,”
Okocha recalled.
“At present, we do not have many creative players in the team’s
midfield and that is sad. Take a look at our midfield in that game
without him. Versus Seychelles, most of them were just there.”
On Levante winger, Moses Simon who made his first competitive
appearance since missing out on the World Cup on account of an injury.
he said, “The guy they brought late on Simon was really impressive. He looked determined unlike his peers.”
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