Arsenal star, Alex Iwobi may start from the number 10 position today in place of Skipper John Obi Mikel, who played in that position against Burundi, reports allnigeriasoccer.com. The deployment of influential Mikel as the Super Eagles playmaker against Burundi did not pay off for Gernot Rohr’s side, so much so that the Chelsea legend was substituted 12 minutes into the second half. The German football tactician hinted yesterday that Alex Iwobi could take over playmaking duties from Mikel, a change that would see Ahmed Musa deployed as a left winger. “We have options to change our midfield of course, like you saw we brought Alex Iwobi in the midfield and we brought Musa on the left wing. We have Henry, Osimhen; we have choices in the offensive department and offensive midfield.

Source: The Guardian June 26, 2019 04:07 UTC