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Exclusive : No Nigerian player should come to Egyptian league without these qualities

Francis Achi

If you are a Nigerian football player thinking of taking your trade to Egyptian league then you must know the three essential qualities needed to succeed in the Egyptian league. 

No Nigerian player should come to the Egyptian league without having these three qualities as revealed to totorinews exclusively by Afeez Awakan, former Akwa United, a member of the team that won the F.A Cup in Nigeria in 2015, beating Lobi Stars 2-1 in the final.

Awakan, a defensive midfielder, who scored the opening goal in the Nigeria F.A Cup final, later left Nigeria to seek greener pastures in the land of the Pharoahs and it was not an easy ventures when he newly got to Egypt as a Nigerian player.

According to him, the country is blessed with top quality midfielders in virtually all the clubs. It was not an easy task to solidify his presence of Tanta FC, the club that signed in Egypt.

He further informed that the three main qualities needed to succeed in Egyptian league are speed, accurate passes and bullet shots.

“When I got to Egypt, I found out that their football was a bit different from Nigeria and as a midfielder you must have great speed to cover the ground,” Awakan said exclusively to totorinews

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Afeez Awakan and his teammates in Egypt

“So speed is one great quality you must possess. Their football is too fast and you must be on top of your game throughout the 90mins. If you watch Mohammed Salah play, that is a typical Egyptian player. Speed is very important. 

“Another thing you need is the ability to have good passes. Passes that are very productive for the attackers to score goals.

“If you are able to gather bullet shots at your feet, you are good to go in Egyptian football and luckily for me, I have bullet shots on my right foot.

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Afeez Awakan

He, however informed that midfielders from foreign countries are not in high demand in Egypt, but attackers from centre forward to wingers are players that the Egyptian clubs crave for.

“Midfielders from foreign countries are not in high demand in Egypt. The clubs and Egyptians are eager to sign players who are attackers from outside Egypt and these attackers must have speed and shots.

“They want to see strikers play with speed and also exhibit the ability to fire bullet shots into the net and if the striker is good in the air , that is also very good.

“But despite all these, the Egyptians are not very patient people. You must deliver or else you start having problem with the management of the club,” he concluded.

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