Francis Uzoho has reclaim his position as the first choice goalkeeper of the senior national team of Nigeria after losing his spot to Daniel Akpeyi during the recently concluded 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Uzoho was first choice for a year but lost his spot to Ikechukwu Ezenwa who picked up an injury before the AFCON and Akpeyi took over as first choice for the tournament where Nigeria finished third.
Rohr used all three goalkeepers at the tournament and he was impressed with the way Uzoho acquitted himself in the 1-0 win over Tunisia in the third place game which sealed bronze for Nigeria.
The coach believe Uzoho’s performance in the game against Tunisia is tied to the long time he has spent training with the team as he has a player who need to be fully fit to be at his best.
His move to Omonia Nicosia will hopefully give him a regular run of game and that has made the coach to reinstate him as first choice although he has plans of calling two goalkeepers based in Europe.
Despite several mentioning the name of Fortuna Dusseldorf U23 shot stopper Maduka Okoye, it is believed he has two other young goalkeepers in Europe which he is keen on assessing before releasing his next list of players for the Super Eagles remaining engagements in 2019.
