Nigeria’s assistant captain, William Troost-Ekong, has described his defensive partner, Kenneth Omeruo, as an very perfect player.
Troost-Ekong also acknowledged that the appointment of Austin Eguavoen because the nationwide group’s novel boss has brought a breath of new air within the squad, which might mean that issues were no longer factual under Gernot Rohr, who used to be brushed apart outdated to the match.
He urged that issues salvage modified for the easier under Eguavoen.
Troost-Ekong and Omeruo salvage marshalled the Huge Eagles central for their wins in opposition to Egypt and Sudan.
The pale Tottenham man acknowledged he used to be contented with the competition for areas within the defence with a brand novel coach within the dugout for this match.
“With our novel coach it has been a breath of new air. All individuals looks to be combating again to present themself and all individuals must full the instructions from our novel coach, Kenneth as correctly,” he urged a press convention on Tuesday.
“We’ve obtained younger gamers as correctly so it’s up to the coach to manufacture the decision and I admire playing with Kenneth, I judge he’s an very perfect defender so it makes it easy but we now salvage replace alternate concepts defensively as correctly for the Huge Eagles on the 2nd.
“It’s conserving us all sharp and making us try and form to our completely ability to fetch a peep at and support a space when we salvage a possibility to play.”
