Head Coach, Gernot Rohr, sits beside a Nigerian player at one of
the dressing rooms at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City,
the Edo State capital.
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr is confident Nigeria will
beat Sierra Leone in the return leg of a 2022 African Cup of
Nations qualifier after the 1994 AFCON champions threw away a
four-goal lead to draw the first leg of the
match.
“So we are doing everything in training and in the meeting, we
will do, we will see again everything in the video, speak about the
mistakes and I’m sure they will react because I know my team, I
know what we can do, they showed it in the first half,” the German
said in an interview on the Super Eagles YouTube channel.
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It Is Finished?
While explaining why the Nigerian team drew the first leg of the
match in Benin City on Friday despite a four-goal lead, he said the
players did not maintain the energy they used in the first half of
the game.
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“I think at half-time they believed it’s finished but it was not
finished,” the former Niger Republic coach added.
He stated that the surprising draw against the Leone Stars is a
lesson to the side, reiterating that “we will react, if they will
be lucky or not I cannot promise you but they will fight and go
there to win the match.”
A Big Mistake
players listen as NFF President, Amaju Pinnick addresses them after
a 4-4 draw with Sierra Leone at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in
Benin City, the Edo State capital.
The team captain, Ahmed Musa had earlier apologized to Nigerians
for the result, promising that the Eagles “will correct our
mistakes in the next game.”
“We know we made a very big mistake in the game but there is
nothing we can do, that’s football. Sometimes we win and sometimes
we lose,” the former Leicester City star added.
The Super Eagles will travel to Freetown for the return leg on
Tuesday, November 17, 2020.