Serie A: Maduka Okoye secures spot in Staff of the Week regardless of AFCON 2023 omission

Maduka Okoye made his Tremendous Eagles debut on nineteenth October 2019, in Nigeria’s pleasant 1-1 draw in opposition to Brazil beneath the tutelage of the then coach, Gernot Rohr.

Tremendous Eagles and Udinese goalkeeper, Maduka Emilio Okoye, has been included in Serie A’s staff of the week after a stellar show of their conflict in opposition to Atalanta, Soccernet.ng reviews.

Maduka, 24, moved to Udinese initially of the season and has been second selection for a lot of the season till not too long ago and has remained in objective for the membership’s previous 5 video games.

In that point, the German-born Nigerian has stored one clear sheet and conceded 9 targets and is utilizing his absence from the Nationwide staff to construct his confidence after being out of motion for a really lengthy whereas.

The previous Sparta Rotterdam goalkeeper made 9 saves in Udinese’s 2-0 loss in opposition to Atalanta, who have been with out their talisman, Ademola Lookman who’s on Worldwide responsibility with Nigeria on the AFCON match in Ivory Coast.

Regardless of conceding two targets, Maduka was stored busy all afternoon and with out him, it could have been a downpour of targets in opposition to Gabriele Cioffi’s males.

Nigeria Goalkeeper Maduka Okoye (Udinese FC) was named in Serie A Staff of the Week.

Okoye is getting again stronger 💪🏼#NaijaBallers #NigeriaFootball pic.twitter.com/60zwSA0fTW

— Nigeria Report Soccer (@NReportfootball) January 30, 2024

Maduka was in objective through the earlier version of the AFCON match hosted in Cameroon however wasn’t referred to as up by Jose Peseiro for the present version, with the Portuguese choosing the trio of Olorunleke Ojo, Stanley Nwabali and Francis Uzoho.

In Maduka’s absence, Nwabali has stored three clear sheets and conceded one objective on the AFCON 2023 match in Ivory Coast, retaining the backline tight and dependable.

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