The desire of any fan of the senior national team of Nigeria is to see Paul Onuachu transform his club form at Genk to the Super Eagles especially his form this season.
Onuachu has scored 19 goals this season, a new personal record for the 26 year old but for the senior national team of Nigeria he has just one goal in seven games. A form that has seen him drop to second choice behind Victor Osimhen.
Many have forgotten so soon that Onuachu went into the 2019 AFCON as first choice striker but lost his spot after the first game to Odion Ighalo who ended up as top scorer. Osimhen was below the duo in the pecking order back down.
Fast forward to now and the Napoli record buy is easily the first name on the team sheet when the lineup of the team is made for games. Second choice striker Onuachu struggled to impress in his absence.
“ What we think as a team is that Onuachu is under huge pressure to perform for the team with Osimhen the favorite of many to start games. The team style of play suites Osimhen better”, a backroom staff told Owngoalnigeria.com.
“ Onuachu plays differently from Osimhen but the team can’t adjust to suit one player. It’s about his confidence not about the team style of play. Osimhen performance puts him under huge pressure to impress when he gets a chance and that hasn’t helped him”.
