Udeze Counters Oliseh On Argentina, Speaks On Eagles Top Striker Crisis

Former Super Eagles defender Ifeanyi Udeze believes Nigeria's group opponents at the 2018 World Cup, Argentina. will be one of the teams likely to reach the semifinals of the mundial.

Udeze was reacting to the opinion of former Eagles midfield maestro Sunday Oliseh who reckons that The Albiceleste will not be one of the four semifinalists in Russia.

Oliseh who starred at the USA 94 and France 98 World Cups had tipped Germany (world champions), Spain, France, Brazil, Egypt and Nigeria as likely to get to the last four stages of Russia 2018.

"That's Sunny's opinion (Argentina not reaching Russia 2018 semifinals) but if you ask me, I will add Argentina,'' the onetime West Brom left back stressed.

"Probably he (Oliseh) omitted them because of the way they have been playing badly without Lionel Messi but I will.

"Argentina have good players everywhere, at top clubs and playing them will not be easy."

On the need for Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr to try out some strikers in the friendlies against DR Congo (May 28), England (June 2) and Czech Republic (June 6) before the tournament starts, Udeze stated:

"It's not time for experiment in the team but we may try out one, two or three strikers in those friendlies because we know we have only one striker Odion Ighalo but in the friendlies we can see what these other strikers can do''.

Eagles coach Rohr has disclosed that the Eagles camp will open on May 21 in Nigeria as the team are billed to play DR Congo in Port Harcourt in a friendly on May 28.

Izuchukwu Okosi