The poor goals return of Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman for the senior national team of Nigeria has been narrowed to the tactics of the coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Lookman scored 13 goals and also picked up eight assist in his debut season with the Serie A side. This season he fired a brace over the weekend in their 3-2 win over AC Milan to take his goal count for the season to six in 15 games.
His form for his club isn’t the same with the senior national team of Nigeria where he has just two goals in eight games, both coming in the game against Sao Tome and Principe where the team trashed the minnows convincingly.
Speaking on the difference in his form for the national team and that of Atalanta, Mark Federico an Italian journalist said the coach of the senior national team of Nigeria is to blame for the poor return of Lookman in the Super Eagles colours.
” He (Lookman) plays as a wide winger for Nigeria very far from goal. At Atalanta he plays in a hybrid system making him operate as the false nine coming in from the right not as a winger. Surprisingly the coach of Nigeria called him a support striker at best around one months ago but still plays him as a winger”, he told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
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