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GERNOT ROHR: Iwobi faster than Mikel

.Coach endorses Arsenal star as Eagles' playmaker

Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has endorsed Eagles and Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi as Eagles’ playmaker because he is very quick and blessed with defence- splitting passes for his mates to score goals with aplomb.

Alex Iwobi

“Alex (Iwobi) can play as a creative midfield player and also as a right wing attacker. We have a positive situation in our team now with Alex’s contribution and also having two very quick wing attack players.

” Our strategy is built on quickness and counter football, logical playing. Its based on coming quickly from behind to forward. So we need quick (attacking) wingers which we have in the team to execute our tactics.

“Alex is a type of a wing player who is not a winger per say. He normally comes in all the time from the right side and give crosses. I saw this trait when he played for the Eagles against England in the friendly before the Russia 2018 World Cup. In the second half of the match he (Iwobi) excelled playing from the centre of the midfield.

“Now he has done it again in the two matches against Libya doing very, very well in that position where he delivered wonderful decisive pass that resulted in one of the goals. Alex is now trying to be a real playmaker for the Eagles. I have seen enough from him now to know he is a new possibility for that creative midfield position.

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“Perhaps Obi Mikel will come back. Mikel can be our playmaker also with a different style. But with Alex (Iwobi) we have a lot of movement. Right now we have Alex who is very quick with the ball and has the talent of releasing on time the Eagles’ fast wing attackers most especially the point man to score goals for us. I think Alex is
a joy to be at the center of our games”, Rohr disclosed exclusively to SportingLife.ng.

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