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How can Nigeria get the best out of in-form Ola Aina?

The wing-back is having the time of his life at Torino, but has struggled to convince at international level

COMMENT By Solace Chukwu Follow on Twitter

Coaches in modern football have increasingly come to be categorized by their concept of squad building. Opting to give primacy the integrity of the system is associated with a proactive approach, while a more player-centric model is termed reactive.

There are, of course, grey areas, overlap and a certain irony in the fact that today's most proactive coaches rely on strict positional play and eschew free-form attacking.