Super Eagles’ Coach, Gernot Rohr, Says Team's Confidence Will Return

Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has reiterated that Nigeria will need all the team's best players to play at their premium for their confidence to be restored and to pick the lone ticket from their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification group.

The Eagles have to battle Algeria, Cameroon and Zambia for their group's sole Russia 2018 ticket.  Rohr, who oversaw the 1-0 over Tanzania on Saturday, made this assertion on a visit to the secretariat Nigeria Football Federation on Tuesday, where he met with the General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, and the NFF management, the NFF said in a press release.

He said “We will need all our best players to be at their very best, we had a good list for the Tanzania match but a couple of players were injured and we will like to look at those ones as well. The focus is to strengthen the spine of the team and ensure they can beat any team. The confidence has not been there because the team failed to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations, but when results start to come, the confidence will return.” 

While welcoming Rohr and his team, NFF General Secretary Sanusi assured that the federation will afford the technical crew all the support and strive to provide the conducive environment for the team to execute the 2018 World Cup qualifiers and come out tops.

He said “We have immense confidence in you and your staff; we will not dabble into your technical area. Our responsibility is to provide the right atmosphere to make you succeed. We see that you are a gentleman but will not take your simplicity for granted. If you can work in a place like Niger Republic, I believe you would be able to work even better in Nigeria.”

Coach Rohr was in company with Salisu Yusuf (Chief Coach) and Jean-Luc Royer (assistant).