Revealed: What Tolu Arokodare said about making his Super Eagles debut

• Tolu Arokodare marked his instrumentality to Genk aft the planetary interruption with Nigeria with a goal
• Arokodare earned his archetypal Super Eagles call-up and made his debut during the 2-0 triumph implicit Rwanda
• The large striker has opened up connected the interaction of making his planetary debut connected his confidence

Super Eagles guardant Toluwalase Arokodare has opened up connected the interaction of earning his archetypal call-up and making his planetary debut for the Nigerian nationalist team.

Arokodare has been successful awesome signifier for Genk successful the Belgian Pro League, earning him his archetypal Super Eagles call-up during the precocious concluded March planetary break.

Tolu Arokodare celebrates aft scoring for Genk against Gent. Photo by Johan Eyckens/AFP.
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He made his debut during the planetary break, earning 44 minutes crossed the 2-0 triumph implicit Rwanda successful Kigali and the 1-1 gully against Zimbabwe successful Uyo.

He impressed successful some games and was adjacent to Victor Osimhen and up of Victor Boniface successful the pecking bid of the Nigerian nationalist squad during the break.

He returned to his nine and scored during Genk’s 4-0 triumph implicit Gent aft the planetary break, continuing his awesome goal-scoring signifier this season.

Arokodare speaks astir Nigeria debut

The 24-year-old, speaking to the media arsenic quoted by Voetbal, admitted that the experience with the nationalist team playing with large stars has fixed him an other confidence.

“I locomotion astir with a antithetic feeling now. That enactment gave maine an other boost,” helium said.“Training with players similar Victor Osimhen, Wilfred Ndidi oregon Victor Boniface, they are 'high level' players. I americium precise blessed that I person already had that experience.”

He had a mixed crippled contempt scoring successful the 4-0 triumph arsenic helium missed a punishment successful the archetypal fractional and besides had a extremity disallowed for offside by the video adjunct referee.

He claimed that not letting his punishment miss and that of his teammate Jarne Steuckers impact the squad is their strength.

“Jarne and I missed a penalty, fortunately, that didn’t spell wrong. This was a bully show arsenic a team, with precise beardown substitutes arsenic well. That is the spot of our team,” helium said.

Tolu Arokodare played with Victor Osimhen during his Super Eagles debut. Photo from @toluarokodare.
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Genk are 4 points wide of Club Brugge successful second, and the Nigerian claimed that his squad are not acrophobic astir the results of others, but alternatively focused connected themselves.

“We are not acrophobic with that. We are acrophobic with our ain match. Nine much matches to springiness everything and hopefully we volition beryllium champions,” helium concluded.

As noted by Transfermarkt, helium has 20 goals successful each competitions this season, including 18 successful the league and 2 successful the cup, arsenic helium continues to assistance Genk vie connected each fronts.

The Blue-White person not won the rubric since the 2018/19 season, finishing arsenic runners-up successful the 2022/23 season.

Arokodare praises Osimhen’s influence

Legit.ng reported that Arokodare praised Osimhen’s influence successful his vocation aft replacing the Galatasaray guardant for his Super Eagles debut against Rwanda.

The Genk guardant was successful tears successful the dressing country aft the lucifer and claimed helium told Osimhen convey you aft helium entered the transportation to marque his debut.

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Source: Legit.ng