Chigozie Agbim, the CHAN Super Eagles first choice goalkeeper,yesterday pleaded with Nigerians to forgive his poor performance so far at the ongoing CHAN Competition.
Agbim promised to do better in latter matches if given the chance to continue as the first choice goal-keeper.Agbim has not been at his best as the Super Eagles lost its first game 2-1 to the Eagles of Mali at the championship being hosted by South Africa.The goalkeeper also conceded two cheap goals as the Eagles defeated Mozambique 4-2 in its second group game.
"No goalkeeper in the world will be happy to concede cheap goals. For a keeper of my calibre, I am most disappointed than anyone else but that is football and I can't dwell in the past. I have to forget and plead with fans of the game to understand and forgive so that we can jointly forge ahead. I promise to do better next time and it's a promise I wish to keep,"he said.
The head coach, Stephen Keshi,defended Agbim saying:
"It's a team work and we cannot single out one individual for blame. We had a situation in the game against Mozambique when a player had an empty net and yet could not slot the ball in until the opposing defender cleared it. I have worked with Agbim now for two years plus and if he was not good, he will not be here. We must learn to understand our players and forgive errors, especially as he is the last man in the defence and his own errors are easily seen by all,"
The Super Eagles will play South Africa on Sunday in a do or die encounter at the CHAN Competition.
Agbim promised to do better in latter matches if given the chance to continue as the first choice goal-keeper.Agbim has not been at his best as the Super Eagles lost its first game 2-1 to the Eagles of Mali at the championship being hosted by South Africa.The goalkeeper also conceded two cheap goals as the Eagles defeated Mozambique 4-2 in its second group game.
"No goalkeeper in the world will be happy to concede cheap goals. For a keeper of my calibre, I am most disappointed than anyone else but that is football and I can't dwell in the past. I have to forget and plead with fans of the game to understand and forgive so that we can jointly forge ahead. I promise to do better next time and it's a promise I wish to keep,"he said.
The head coach, Stephen Keshi,defended Agbim saying:
"It's a team work and we cannot single out one individual for blame. We had a situation in the game against Mozambique when a player had an empty net and yet could not slot the ball in until the opposing defender cleared it. I have worked with Agbim now for two years plus and if he was not good, he will not be here. We must learn to understand our players and forgive errors, especially as he is the last man in the defence and his own errors are easily seen by all,"
The Super Eagles will play South Africa on Sunday in a do or die encounter at the CHAN Competition.
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