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The former captain of the national senior team of the football legend of Nigeria and Africa, Austine Okocha, fired the disrespectful comments made by the former soccer player turned into an expert Jamie Carragher in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), reports Owngoalnigeria.com.
Carragher has been attacked by his comments after minimizing AFCon who says it is not an important tournament, while discussing the impact of Mohammed Salah this season and if winning the AFCon will help him lift the best player in the world attack.
His statement has not dropped well among past and present African players and Okocha, who won the tournament in 1994 with Nigeria and also played in four different editions, has evaluated the matter.
Speaking in a video made available to our editorial team, the former master of the center of the Bolton Wanderers camp said that Carragher does not deserve the attention he is receiving due to the type of career he had.
“There are some players who will say some things. You just overlook them. If you look at their career and the type of football they played, you can understand. I want to say that you will not want your child to be like Carragher. Therefore, you can never appreciate African football or talents that come from Africa, ”he said.
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