Peter Odemwingie deserved a second chance to play for Nigeria at the World Cup and now he needs to make the most of it, Coach Stephen Keshi said.
“He’s been doing well at his club, at Stoke City, and I think he should be given another chance to play for his country,” Keshi stated after Nigeria drew goalless with their Iranian counterparts on Monday.
He added: “He was dying to play for Nigeria. He’s somebody I’ve liked as a football player and when we spoke he had desire to play again and do something for his country.
“So he’s got an opportunity and I hope that he’s going to use it well.”
Relations between the two have not always been so cordial, with the 32-year-old Odemwingie falling out with Keshi in 2012 and being left out of last year’s African Nations Cup, which Nigeria went on to win.
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