Should Maduka Okoye continue as Nigeria's Number One?

The Sparta Rotterdam shot-stopper has been impressive in the absence of more experienced options, but now faces a battle to keep his Super Eagles spot

For all that there are numerous polarizing points in the Nigerian polity at the moment, the verdict on October’s pair of international friendlies was quite unanimous; for all intents and purposes, they provided no further insight on the state of the senior men’s national team.

If anything, the reviews veered toward the negative. While they were not competitive internationals, and the Super Eagles were forced to do without Wilfred Ndidi, Oghenekaro Etebo and Victor Osimhen, the supine, diffident performances against Algeria and Tunisia fell well…