Tremendous Eagles and Werder Bremen defender, Felix Agu, has informed Soccernet.ng the Nigerian footballer he adored whereas rising up.
The 25-year-old represented Germany on the U-21 degree however was not too long ago cleared to modify allegiance to play for the Tremendous Eagles of Nigeria, though he did not characteristic of their 2-1 win over Ghana within the Unity Cup semi-final.
In an interview with Soccernet.ng, the previous VfL Osnabruck defender revealed he performed offensively as a youthful footballer, therefore, he did not look as much as any Nigerian defenders rising up.
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“I did not significantly look as much as defenders, it was extra of trying as much as gamers like Jay-Jay Okocha once I was youthful as a result of I wished to be extra offensive, however when i stepped again it wasn’t Nigerian defenders I appeared as much as,” the attacking full-back revealed.
Quizzed about his favorite reminiscence of the Tremendous Eagles, Agu selected Nigeria’s 3-2 loss in opposition to Argentina within the closing group recreation of the 2014 FIFA World Cup on the Estádio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
“The a lot of the recollections I’ve are from the World Cup video games that I watched was perhaps the sport in opposition to Argentina the place Ahmed Musa scored two objectives and I all the time thought we’d win, it was such an excellent recreation.”
“To travel with a staff like Argentina that had Messi exhibits how a lot of an excellent recreation it was,” Felix Agu concluded.
Whereas he did not make his debut in opposition to Ghana, Agu’s first look within the inexperienced and white colors of Nigeria might come within the Unity Cup closing in opposition to Jamaica.
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