Hoffenheim of Germany defender Kevin Akpoguma made an instant impression on
players of the senior national team of Nigeria in the first training session of the team ahead of their friendly games.
Nigeria are In Austria for games against Tunisia and later Algeria as part of their preparations for competitive games in November.
Following the arrival of all but two of the players invited for the game, coach Gernot Rohr led the boys out for their first training session which was mild despite the fact that the boys were made to play a small test game.
Four players of the team spoke with Owngoalnigeria.com after the session and all three were full of praises for new boy Akpoguma who only recently got his switch approved by FIFA.
“ He showed smart sense on the ball and his tackles are neat. I like his strength as well and he didn’t act as if he is new in the team the way he interacted with everyone “, one of the players said.
Speaking in same vein another player told this portal that the most fascinating thing about the German Nigerian defender was how he slotted easily into the demands of coach Rohr.
“ Some of us are used to the drills because we have been in the team for a while and most times we put the new ones through it but that wasn’t the case with Kevin. He just flowed with everything”, he said.
The other two players were excited over his presence with one going as far as saying he is so vocal and committed during training making him to wonder how he will be in match situation.
