Daniel Jacob Hailed As The Next Vincent Enyeama
His composure, ball handling, positioning, reflexes, anticipation and awareness skills are simply superb, those were the words of the National U-13 team\'s goalkeeper trainer, Niyi Alao while commenting on his new discovery, Daniel Jacob from Kaduna state whom he said could develop to be the next Vincent Enyeama for Nigeria.<br /><br />Alao, a former Eagle Cement goalkeeper, believes that Jacob’s talents cannot be mistaken, while also noting that ball handling is an obvious criterion for identifying a good goalkeeper. <br /><br /><span style=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\" class=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"notranslate\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\">“</span>Good ball handling gives goalkeepers the ability and confidence to literally handle anything that their opponents send their way. <br /><br /><span style=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\" class=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"notranslate\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\">“</span>Goalkeepers require great awareness, agility and positioning, also, Jacob’s ability to spring a fine reaction save is like a magician’s trick and I’m really impressed,” Alao concluded. <br /><br />Daniel Jacob is an 11 year old JSS 1 student of Vick International School Kaduna.<br /><br />He was discovered during the National U-13 championship played in Abuja last December and later invited to the national camp.<br /><br />The National U-13 Team will on Wednesday September 18, 2013, round off their four-week camping exercise in Akure. <br />
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