{"id":815769,"date":"2024-12-30T03:17:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T09:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/hes-a-rock-on-the-surf-former-genk-striker-lauds-super-eagles-hopeful-arokodare\/"},"modified":"2024-12-30T03:17:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T09:17:21","slug":"hes-a-rock-on-the-surf-former-genk-striker-lauds-super-eagles-hopeful-arokodare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/hes-a-rock-on-the-surf-former-genk-striker-lauds-super-eagles-hopeful-arokodare\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe\u2019s a rock on the surf\u201d \u2013 Former Genk striker lauds Super Eagles hopeful Arokodare"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Genk striker, Patrick Goots, has heaped praise on Nigerian striker, Toluwalase Emmanuel Arokodare, for his improvement under Thorsten Fink, Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genk are currently top of the Belgian Pro League, a point above their rivals, Club Brugge. De Smurfen<\/em> have scored 40 goals in the league this season, with Arokodare accounting for 43% of those with 13 goals and four assists in 20 games.<\/p>\n

In comparison, the 6ft6in tall striker has surpassed his total goal contribution of last season while playing just half of the games this campaign, and this drew praise from Goots, who was a success at the Cegeka Arena.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI certainly wasn\u2019t overwhelmed then. He had to deal with a lot of injuries. He was never really fully fit. I didn\u2019t expect Tolu to explode this year. No,\u00a0but neither did Genk. He couldn\u2019t handle 90 minutes back then. He was a different Tolu.<\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s a rock in the surf, who doesn\u2019t shy away from a duel and who you don\u2019t easily push off the ball. He\u2019s changed in every way. He already had the qualities before, but now he\u2019s physically in tip-top shape.<\/p>\n

He is also of great value in combinations with Steuckers, for example. Tolu is the point of contact who has to pass the ball, which allows the entire team to advance,\u201d the 58-year-old said in quotes revealed by Het Nieuwsblad<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Genk s Konstantinos Karetsas and Genk s Tolu Toluwalase Arokodare pictured during a soccer game between KRC Genk and Royal sporting club Anderlecht, Sunday 22 December 2024 in Genk, on day 19 of the 2024-2025 season of the Jupiler Pro League first division of the Belgian champiosnhip. JOHAN EYCKENS JohanxEyckens PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxBELxFRAxNED x109024409x. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Despite Arokodare\u2019s brilliant form, he is yet to receive a call-up to the Nigerian senior team. However, the Super Eagles interim coach, Augustine Eguavoen, revealed during the November International break that the Genk striker is one of the players on his invitation radar, should an opportunity suffice.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\tAdefolahan is a multilingual journalist and writer at Soccernet Nigeria.<\/p>\n

With a track record of involvement in College sports, Adefolahan is focused on crafting engaging football content and utilising his language skills and extensive sports knowledge to enhance content accessibility for a global audience.<\/p>\n

He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Soccer Former Genk striker, Patrick Goots, has heaped praise on Nigerian striker, Toluwalase Emmanuel Arokodare, for his improvement under Thorsten Fink, Soccernet.ng reports. Genk are currently top of the Belgian Pro League, a point above their rivals, Club Brugge. De Smurfen have scored 40 goals in the league this season, with Arokodare accounting for 43% […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":815770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24835,38479,2005],"tags":[6183,140536],"class_list":{"0":"post-815769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-surf","8":"category-hes","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-hes","11":"tag-surf"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}