Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr is not rubbishing Nigeria’s Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) hopes as he is currently focusing on the Round of 16.
Gernot Rohr’s boys were stunned 2-0 by the small soccer nation at Alexandria Stadium on Sunday, which made them finish as Group B runners-up.
The Super Eagles were massive favorites going into the game, with lots of fans predicting that they can win Afcon 2019.
Rohr has now declared that he is still confident, despite the setback.
His words to Goal, “I’m very confident because everybody is now fit, only Shehu [Abdullahi] perhaps who is not fit yet,”
“We recovered [Jamilu] Collins our left back and we would be able to draft Ndidi into the middle after getting 45 minutes of rest [against Madagascar].
“Iwobi is also fit and with Ighalo and Musa, we’ll have more rhythm in the offensive department.”
“For now, we are waiting for our opponents and we don’t know yet but we’ll prepare very well for the next match,” said Rohr.
“I’m very confident because we have a team who can play very much better than we did against [Madagascar].”
“But we have to analyse our defeat and also look at how we can be better in the future. I will plead with Nigerians not to write us off yet as our target remains the title.”
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