Many arguments has continued to trail among soccer fans concerning the age of Super Eagles goalkeeper, Francis Uzoho.
Francis Uzoh. Photo credit: Information Nigeria
Uzoh, has finally decided to respond to fans and pundits who have made a joke of his real age over the past few years.
Anaedoonline.com recalls that Uzoho, who was the youngest player at age 19 during the FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia, was criticized on social media over his real age, as most people believe he was older.
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But, Uzoho has now said that people who doubt his real age don’t know him.
The 21-year-old said this when he appeared as a guest on the Super Eagles Instagram live session on Tuesday, AOIFootball reports.
In his words “I was smallish back then in 2013 when I participated in the World Cup with the U17 National team. I later went to Aspire Academy, where I learned a lot.
Francis Uzoh. Photo credit: Information Nigeria
“My looks and body build changed when I started using the Gym and was working out seriously.
“If a lot of people see my picture back then, they won’t even talk about my age, but I don’t really bother because they don’t know me,” Uzoho said.
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Uzoho is currently on loan at Cyprus club, Omonia, from Deportivo La Coruna.
Super Eagles head coach have always believed in Uzoh even when he was constantly pressured by fans to drop the shot stopper.
Rohr, in the absence of Uzoh, start Daniel Akpeyi and has also featured home base keeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa and recently Maduka Okoye made the super eagles team.
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, in an interview explained why he brought on Fortuna Düsseldorf goalkeeper, Maduka Okoye instead of Ikechukwu Ezenwa when Francis Uzoho suffered an injury in Nigeria’s 1-1 draw against Brazil.
Rohr told reporters that Ezenwa, who is number two in the pecking order of goalkeepers, has not tasted action since the conclusion of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations whereas Okoye was active for Fortuna Düsseldorf’s reserve team in the Regionalliga West.
”We decided to put in Maduka because Ezenwa didn’t play for months, not even in the CHAN Team,” Rohr said in an interview with the Super Eagles media team
”He didn’t have any experience of competition in the last three months so we decided to play with Maduka because he was playing for his club”.
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