Super Eagles winger Moses Simon has said the competition for slots is one of the reasons he loves playing for the team.
The Levante man was on show for Gernot Rohr’s men as they saw off Guinea 1-0 in their second fixture at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
And Simon Moses who gave the assist for the goal on that day admitted that every player in the team puts in their best when called upon.
According to him, if any player does not live up to expectation, there is always someone ready to take their place.
“We all play in our clubs and we have a good relationship with each other and if you can see, everyone is fighting to play and that motivates the team because if you mess up, there is another one that can play,” he was quoted as saying by Brila FM.
Meanwhile, Naijaparry reported earlier that the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA ) and the players were locked in talks over unpaid salaries on Thursday.
Both parties are threatening to withdraw from the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON ) ahead of their final group stage match.
No agreement was reached with ZIFA offering to pay 5,500 dollars of the 12,500 dollars the players are owed on Friday, but it was rejected amid the threat of a boycott of training until the full amounts were settled.
Both parties then threatened to quit the tournament ahead of Sunday’s clash with struggling Democratic Republic of Congo, where victory would give Zimbabwe a strong chance of progressing to the second round.
“We were called in and told of the developments about the possible withdrawal from the tournament and we told them (ZIFA officials) that we were ready to go home because we believe they haven’t fulfilled our contracts,” Zimbabwe’s Herald newspaper quoted an unnamed player as saying.