Featured - breaking football newsFootball NewsNews Update

Rohr roars: Chukwueze will EXPLODE in 2020

By From Segun Ogunjimi, Abuja On Aug 6, 2019 0

Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has charged Eagles striker Samuel Chukwueze to be more business-like in

his approach to games especially in competitive Championships like the Africa Cup of Nations adding that the

speedy wing attacker will explode in the world stage by the year 2020.

The Franco-German football tactician who praised the player for being impressive so far while playing for club and country, however, identified the areas he would want the player to work on to become a complete world-rated star.
“(Samuel) Chukwueze is improving. He showed it against South Africa during the last AFCON in Egypt. But he still needs to improve more.
“He is now 20 years old and full of football talents and skills. He has a wonderful left foot, good dribbling skills, and good mobility. He is a great

player for the future. I think he should be a very important player for the Eagles in future.
“He, however, needs to work more on these lapses. Mentally and physically Chukwueze has to improve.
“When I saw him arriving for the Algeria match after performing well against South Africa, I told him, my little boy,

you now have a new hairstyle and you want to look beautiful for the (Algeria) game. I told him, yes I understand. It is

okay.
“I said yes your hairstyle is so nice but we are not here (in Egypt) to look beautiful but we are there for football war. Its a fight and a fierce fight against these great African teams like Algeria and our aspirations is to win the match. I told him to show me he can do it. I told him to use his heart for the game but not the new hairstyle.
“So there is still this understanding the issue regarding a high level of competition, to do well in big matches.

So the match against Algeria was very hard for him because he is still young and learning the ropes. But its normal anyway.
“I want him (Chukwueze) to win time not to waste time in match situations. I want him to take his actions quickly. I believe by next year (2020) he will be fully ready for the fight to move up to greater responsibility and also excel for club and country”, Rohr disclosed to SportingLife.ng.