Super Eagles wing forward in yesterday’s 1-1 draw against Brazil Moses Simon has spoken on the assist he gave Joe Aribo to open scoring in the friendly game which was played in Singapore yesterday.
Simon neatly controlled a cross from Victor Osimhen before laying the ball to Aribo who was storming in from his position in the midfield into the box of Brazil and the Rangers forward kept his cool to finish off the pass.
Speaking to Owngoalnigeria.com, Simon said the goal came as a result of work on the training ground before revealing that he waited for Aribo to arrive before slotting the pass to him because of the fact that he can score from that range.
” Aribo scored a similar goal against Ukraine, so in training we were told to always be on the lookout for his runs into the box. I waited for him to make the run in the box and as soon as he came I laid it for him to finish. The moment he picked the ball up I just said to myself it’s a goal and he didn’t disappoint “, Simon said.
On his role in the game, the on loan Levante forward who is impressing for Nantes said his main task in the game was to first of all stop Dani Alves from making runs into the defence of Nigeria or delivering crosses without pressure.
” It was tactical. I stayed on him all through the game and he did same to me. But before the game the instruction given to me was to put an eye on him because of the way he makes runs into the box and deliver crosses. He didn’t make any yesterday so I think I did my job well (laughs)”.
