Rohr Calling Up Dennis Instead Of Okereke : EA Sports Backing Super Eagles Coach All The Way

Published: September 14, 2019

Several pundits questioned the decision of Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr to hand a shock call-up to Club Brugge winger Emmanuel Dennis for the recent friendly against Ukraine instead of his teammate David Okereke.

They backed up their argument with the players' goalscoring stats in the Belgian First Division A in the new season.

While Club Brugge's marque signing of the summer transfer window has scored 4 goals and provided one assist in five appearances, Dennis has managed only one goal in four matches.

In the run-up to the official release of FIFA 20, EA Sports has released the ratings of all the players in the Belgian First Division A and the two Nigerian wingers are among the top five fastest footballers in the league.

Dennis is the third fastest player n Belgium with a pace rating of 92 while Okereke is in fifth place with a 91 pace rating.

The former Nigeria U15 international beat Okereke hands down in other key attributes.

Dennis has an overall rating of 75, has 71 shooting, 62 passing, 79 dribbling, 39 defending and 67 physicality.

Okereke's overall rating is 73 and has 68 shooting, 55 passing, 76 dribbling, 26 defending and 64 physicality.

Coach Rohr handed a debut to Dennis in the 82nd minute as the Super Eagles were held to a 2-2 draw by Ukraine.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel