Former captain of the senior national team of Nigeria Austin Okocha has praised the abilities of Super Eagles winger Moses Simon when it comes to delivering corner kicks into the box.
The Levante man has provided two assists for Nigeria at the ongoing 2019 Africa Cup of Nations with the last one coming in the game against South Africa where William Troost-Ekong netted what ended as the winner from his delivery.
Okocha while speaking on the talent in the Nigerian team said it’s nice to see a player who can whip in balls into the box for players to meet before mentioning why Simon takes corner kicks that are hard to defend against.
” It’s one area of the team most people are not seeing. Simon has provided two match winning assist from corner kicks that shows there’s something about his deliveries. I think the ball drags the keeper out of position the way he lofts it into the box”, Okocha said.
” Goalkeepers find it hard to judge balls like that and as a forward attacking the ball it’s to your delight when they misjudge it like what happened against South Africa. It’s a weapon the Nigerian team has aside having players who bring different abilities into games”.
