Nigeria’s coach, Gernot Rohr saw plenty of positives from his side’s 1-0 friendly defeat by the Czech Republic on Wednesday. He had promised that his players will deliver better performance against Croatia at the World Cup on 16 June. Despite…
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We have no goalkeeper crisis, Rohr insists
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr, has dismissed reports that he is facing a goalkeeping crisis. The Super Eagles boss also explained why the most inexperienced goalkeeper in the squad, Francis Uzoho, has started the last four matches played by the…
What odds has Nigeria to win the World Cup?
The Coach Gernot Rohr had managed three other African nations before taking over the Super Eagles in 2016. Qualified with something to spare. Who’s the star? Captain John Obi Mikel has bags of experience and presence in central midfield. Chelsea’s…
World Cup: Moses Simon out
Moses Simon has been finally axed from Nigeria’s preliminary World Cup squad after scans conducted in London confirmed that he will be out of action for three weeks. The Gent winger was at the Hive Stadium on Thursday and underwent…
Moses, Mikel, Ighalo for England – Rohr
Victor Moses, Mikel John Obi and Odion Ighalo are likely to be in the Nigeria line-up to face England in a World Cup warm-up match in London on Saturday, coach Gernot Rohr has said, AFP reports. “We will have Victor…
Countdown (27) FIFA WC: Team spirit will help us against Croatia, Iceland, Argentina — Rohr
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has admitted that his team may have no match winners, but team spirit and tactics will see them soar over their group D opponents at the FIFA World Cup in Russia. The Super Eagles are…
COUNTDOWN (31) 2018 FIFA WC: ROHR READY TO REVEAL PROVISIONAL LIST
Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr is being expected to reveal his provisional World Cup squad today, after a painstaking exercise of consultation with coaches and Nigerian Football Federation technical committee officials. This is just as some of the key players…
2018 FIFA WC: 1998 SUPER EAGLES BETTER THAN MY TEAM — ROHR
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has admitted that the quality in his team cannot be compared to the 1998 Eagles that featured the like of Austin Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, Daniel Amokachi and Victor Ikpeba. However, Rohr who led the Eagles…