{"id":652231,"date":"2019-07-08T07:31:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T07:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"<br><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/07\/chukwueze-vs-uganda.jpg\" \/><br><div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n\n<p>Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has admitted that Moses Simon started ahead of Samuel Chukwueze in their 3-2 win over Cameroon on S"},"modified":"2019-07-08T07:31:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T07:31:12","slug":"afcon-2019-rohr-reveals-why-chukwueze-did-not-start-against-cameroon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/08\/afcon-2019-rohr-reveals-why-chukwueze-did-not-start-against-cameroon\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2019: Rohr reveals why Chukwueze did not start against Cameroon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/chukwueze-vs-uganda.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has admitted that Moses Simon started ahead of Samuel Chukwueze in their 3-2 win over Cameroon on Saturday, because he has better defensive qualities.<\/p>\n<p>Chukwueze was summoned from the bench with the score at 2-1 and impacted the outcome of the match in Alexandria.<\/p>\n<p>The Villarreal winger\u2019s impressive cameo led to fans and pundits calling for Rohr to start him more. And he was asked by reporters after the game why he preferred Simon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question is easy to answer, you know when you have some offensive players like Oyongo, the left-back from Cameroon, who is coming forward all the time and you have an offensive strong player like Chukwueze but defensively not so good like Simon Moses, who plays in his club a more defensive position because they play 3-5-2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s playing on the right or the left side, so we decided to start like this to have stability in the team and to bring in Chukwueze in the good moment. He came in after 16 minutes in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe that it changed the result but it helped us to win and to score the two goals,\u201d Rohr replied.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Eagles will now face South Africa in the quarter-final on Wednesday, July 10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"b8063928aae93c9bc0a1ffc2-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=420332301344305&autoLogAppEvents=1';\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script type=\"b8063928aae93c9bc0a1ffc2-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=181005951975036&autoLogAppEvents=1';\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has admitted that Moses Simon started ahead of Samuel Chukwueze in their 3-2 win over Cameroon on Saturday, because he has better defensive qualities. 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