Emmanuel Daniel Catches The Eye Of Nigeria Coach

Nigeria U23s interim coach Fatai Amoo was delighted with the performance of his charges against Brazil on Friday night but Enugu Rangers glovesman Emmanuel Daniel was singled out for special praise.

Daniel made five important saves before his substitution and the 1-0 scoreline in favour of the Dream Team at the end of the contest would have been different.

“The boys did a great job if you recall that 80 percent of the boys we brought here were just meeting one another for the first time, and we needed to see all of them in match situation,” said Fatai Amoo to thenff.com.

“I’m happy we have seen them and this is hoping that as we play more friendlies, we would discover more players that will compete for jerseys before the Olympics proper.

“No doubt, our goalkeeper (Emmanuel Daniel) kept us in the game with a number of great saves before he was substituted. Even the substitute (Yusuf Mohammed) also did his bit.”

Ubong Ekpai fired the match-winner for Nigeria off a rebound after just four minutes.

Igho Kingsley