A cross section of players of the senior national team of Nigeria have questioned the desire of Victor Boniface to do well for the team after ending the AFCON Qualifiers without scoring a goal despite playing in all of the games, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Boniface has been a revelation since joining German side Bayer Leverkusen last season with his form earning him the honour of the Rookie of the year in the league, where they ended the season as champions without losing a game.
This season he has also started really well with six goals in ten league games, but will now be unavailable for the remainder of their games this year after a thigh injury, while on international duty with Nigeria in their 1-2 loss to Rwanda in their final game of the AFCON Qualifiers.
” He doesn’t look like someone who is pushing himself for the good of the team. His approach is so different from how he plays at Leverkusen. When a player is not doing well or as expected he is expected to fight and put in a shift but that’s not for him” , a senior player in the team lamented.
” You have to wonder why he lasted until the 90 minutes against Rwanda. That is not fair on the players who play in his role because it was clear that he didn’t find his rhythm in anyway from the start”, a defender in the team also voiced out.
” When it was past 60 minutes and he wasn’t subbed off I was dumbfounded. Like he wasn’t adding anything and yet played until it was time added on. I think he need to sort his attitude when he plays for Nigeria”, a senior player in team added.
