Nigeria skipper John Obi Mikel has upheld young goalkeeper Francis Uzoho to have an extraordinary involvement with the 2018 Fifa World Cup.
Uzoho who made his international debut against Argentina in November 2017, has uprooted Ikechukwu Ezenwa and Daniel Akpeyi to wind up the Super Eagles' first-choice goalkeeper.
In spite of question concerning the 19-year-old's understanding, Mikel is satisfied with the shot stopper's calmness and said that the team will keep on lending some assistance to put him off pressure during games.
"He's an exceptionally youthful goalkeeper. I contemplate him is that he's constantly extremely quiet. It's beneficial for us, it's beneficial for him. He knows how to manage pressure, he has a great deal of obligation, yet we attempt to help him as much as we can," Mikel told the media.
"I endeavor to talk with him during the game, however it's vital for us to give him a chance to carry out his work, he knows precisely what he's doing. I attempt to talk with him to keep him quiet. We trust he will have an awesome competition."
In front of Saturday's World Cup opener against Croatia, Gernot Rohr's men recorded three defeats and a win in their last five warm - up games.
Be that as it may, the Tianjin Teda star stays hopeful of their odds to daze the world in Russia.
"Preparation with the friendlies turned out poorly . We needed to try new things, new players, new formations ," he proceeded.
"We recognize what we did during the friendlies, yet right now is an ideal opportunity for the competition. We need to center, we need to switch back in transit we played going to the World cup.
"On the off chance that we can play the way we know, control the control, be forceful, we have an extraordinary shot. The youthful players need to demonstrate the world what they can do."
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