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Uzoho has received lots of criticisms from Nigerians following series of errors which has led to goals against the Eagles.
The latest was against Saudi Arabia in an international friendly where he parried a free kick into his own net.
He still gets criticised for conceding a soft goal in the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying playoff against Ghana.
Following the barrage of criticisms , Uzoho took to his X handle to respond to the criticisms which did not go down well with most of the fans.
As the team het prepared to kickoff the qualifiers on Thursday Omeruo, in Wednesdays press conference, disclosed that all the Super Eagles players are behind Uzoho despite the backlash from fans.
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We as players we are behind him because personally he is the best goalkeeper we have now, a lot of people might disagree because he made one or two mistakes but we should not forget some of the best games he has had for us.
We need Nigerians to be behind our goalkeepers because it is not easy to be in goal for Nigeria, Im not a goalkeeper but I know the kind of pressure that is there.
The 2013 AFCON winner praised Uzoho for the way he has taken every criticism which shows how tough he is.
On the failure to reach the last World Cup and how he and his teammates plan to approach the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, he said:Missing out on the last World Cup was painful and I know the players know this and weve had discussions as well and know how important this game is. Weve had two meetings with the coaches and weve talked about it.
He also spoke on the games against Lesotho and Zimbabwe.
There are no teams that are push overs so we have to approach them (Lesotho) with all seriousness and fight to start very well. The goal is to win the two games and this is the mentality that we have.
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