ROHR WANTS NO FURTHER DISTRACTIONS AS EAGLES FOCUS ON MADAGASCAR
Super Eagles Head Coach Genort
Rohr wants all the distractions caused by the dispute over allowances to be
settled finally before Nigeria roll out tank against Madagascar in the last
Group B clash on Sunday.
Speaking yesterday in Alexandria,
the Franco-German gaffer said in as much as Nigeria has began the group phase
very well, nothing should be allowed to put a wedge on Eagles good fortunes.
“I hope that the things that were
decided yesterday (Wednesday) will be done so that everybody can focus on the
next game (against Madagascar),” he stated.
Rohr insisted that the decision
taking on Wednesday by Eagles before the game against Guinea, should help to
stem any further bickery over bonuses and allowances.
Leganes of Spain defender Kenneth
Omeruo’s header in the 73rd minute off the corner kick by Moses Simon was all
that Nigeria needed to pick maximum points from Guinea’s Syli National and the
ticket to the Round of 16.
The Super Eagles manager who
stated that he was satisfied with the performance of the five new players
introduced in the match against Guinea, said that the players had the same
spirit as those that they replaced.
“Starting the game at 4:30 pm was
difficult for the players; it was hot and not easy. I want to say
congratulations to all the players of both teams, because they did well in the
game.
“We started slowly because we
knew Guinea has a good team, good organisation. We changed five starting
players and the spirit was the same. It was not easy to prepare for the match
because today (Wednesday) was a special day.
“But finally, my players showed
they are professionals and in the second half, with passion they showed they
could make a difference,” he said, adding that he was happy for the goal scored
by Umeruo through the corner kick.
“We have been trying the corner
kick situation during our training in camp and I am happy that we scored
through the corner kick. It is good to know that we have qualified even with
our next game against Madagascar. But we will play to win our game,” he
concluded.
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