Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr has come out to say that he has chosen to take the positives from the defeat vs Cameroon. He recently revealed that testing new players is definitely an enjoyable experience for him.
According to him, the most important thing for him is not the result because it was just a test match, and he only wanted to give new players an opportunity.
He added that fact that Nigeria had 17 shots on the goal while Cameroon only had three is a good sign for the country.
His words, “The most important thing is not the result because it was just a test match. It was interesting to see some new players because we had to manage the situation and we did well.”
“I think we had 17 shots on the goal while Cameroon only had three, they had only one on target which was the goal and we had six on target.”
“Like I said, the result is not the most important thing in a friendly, the most important thing is to learn, to see some interesting things, to test some new players and to see what we want to do in September for the World Cup qualifiers.”
“Our domination was not good enough because we had to score in the beginning of the game but we didn’t and when you don’t score you get punished.”
”These test matches are made to give chances to other players. Of course I will love to play with my best team, prepare them for the World Cup qualifiers in the same conditions but it was not possible because too many players could not come so it was an opportunity to see Moffi, he did well, Olayinka did well on the right side and we saw Marcus who was also good and Valentine who came in for Troost-Ekong in the end.”
“We will see in the next game if they can be in our 23-man list, now there will be competition and it’s good to give them the chance and all the time we are happy to have young players.”
“We lost two players to injury and it will be difficult for the second game because Troost-Ekong and Collins are out and now we have to manage the difficult situation.”
“But it is an opportunity to play with three defenders and to change a little bit with the system and try something different that’s why we are happy to have the second game.”
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