The invitation of Slavia Prague of Czech Republic forward Peter Olayinka by coach Gernot Rohr in his list of players for the upcoming friendly game against Brazil in Singapore has been criticised by a Czech Republic Journalist.
Tomas Danicek who writes for Eurofotbal.cz in Czech Republic said the invitation of Olayinka is strange considering the fact that he is a bit part player at the club since his arrival last summer.
Danicek said Olayinka’s invitation his probably on the strength of his performance against Inter Milan in the UEFA Champions League where he found the back of the net as his team secured a shock away result following a 1-1 draw.
” Peter Olayinka has been called up by Nigeria. Interesting “, Danicek wrote. A lot peculiar given that he’s not been amazing by any stretch of imagination even in the Czech League. The national team scout probably just saw him against Inter Milan and thought he is a world beater”, he stated.
He went further to share a piece he wrote on the former Gent forward who was signed for €3.2m but hasn’t lived up to his price tag since his move in the summer of 2018 with his availability for games subject to the absence of other players playing same role.
” It’s still kind of early and his performances have picked up lately, but only marginally and not to the point that justifies his €3.2m pricetag for me yet. Ironically, while he’s a good athlete and can beat his man one on one, the less space he has to operate with the more I tend to like him.
“Then, then he can produce a clinical finish,then he gets fouled. But once he sees acres to run in he often seemingly can’t decide what to do or fails to pull it off. His legs get “entangled” a bit too often and Lukas Provod would be my dark horse to unseat him by the end of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.
” Put bluntly Olayinka the starter has got more to do with recent departures than his own performances”, Danicek concluded.
