Duke Udi wants Keshi's choice

Ace midfielder Duke Udi has urged Nigerians to learn how to respect the coaches' choice when it comes to selection of players, stressing that it is the coaches that train with players day-in day-out, hereby knows their present state of mind and ability.

The ex-Shooting Stars playmaker who had just acquired an adult football coaching certificate from United States of America said that people should accept the Stephen Keshi's choice of Chigozie Agbim as the first goalkeeper at the recently held 2014 Orange African Nations Championship (CHAN) in South Africa.

"Keshi is an established coach who really knows his onions, and the goalkeeper trainer, Ike Shorunmu is top class goalkeeper in his days in pole and for them to have come up with Chigozie Agbim as first choice keeper even after the mistake he made at the beginning of the tournament, means they have trust in him and must have seen quality that is beyond what distant people can noticed and he was the best for us, we should learn to respect their choice, so Agbim is a good goalkeeper for me", he opined.

Udi however, stressed the benefits of CHAN to the home based players.

"We all saw how most players we don't know before showcased themselves, I'm really impressed, is not about winning the competition, is not about winning every time but positive attributes derivable from a competition is what is important.

"Now we have an home based Eagles we can now point to confidently, secondly the home based player have now gotten a platform to showcased themselves which would create healthy competition among them as you can see few of them that have been given World Cup green light".