Idris Adesina
Former Super Eagles captain Austin Okocha has blamed the lack of creativity in the team’s midfield for their 2-0 loss to Croatia on Saturday in their opening Group D match at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
An own goal from OghenekaroEtebo and a converted penalty from Luka Modric gave the Europeans the three points, which shot them to the top of Group D.
Okocha, who represented Nigeria at the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups, said the failure of the team to deal with set-pieces cost them the match.
Okocha also blamed Rohr for deploying Mikel in the creative role.
“The Eagles didn’t have a creative player today (Saturday),” Okocha, who featured on Supersport as a guest analyst, said after the game.
“Mikel has been a good servant to the national team. His best position is playing in front of the defence. We saw what he did playing for Chelsea where he had a…
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