In a memo to all participating countries, CAF said they could name up to 28 players in their squads for the tournament.
Browsing: Coach Gernot Rohr
Both top Nigerian officials spoke to the players and officials of the Super Eagles on telephone when the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, visited the team camp on Saturday evening
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Rohr was born on June 28, 1953 in Mannheim, Germany.
Nigeria were dumped out of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia after they lost 2-1 to Argentina at Saint Petersburg, Russia.
The Super Eagles had earlier suffered a 2 – 0 painful defeat in the hands of Vatreni of Croatia in their first match in Group D on Saturday at Kaliningrad stadium.
A statement from the spokesperson of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ademola Olajire, read that they flew from their Essentuki base on Thursday morning and were settled in their Hampton-by-Hilton Volgograd Hotel a little after 1pm.
Fuludu, who was part of the victorious Super Eagles squad at the 1994 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
The Nigerian side will face Croatia at the Kaliningrad Stadium in their opening Group D match at the FIFA World Cup, needing to win for a bright start.
The Super Eagles must from the blast of the whistle, play as a functional cohesive unit against the Vatreni to stand a chance of getting a victory or a draw against the equally ambitious Eastern European team. A draw will even suffice.
The Brighton of England new signing, according to camp sources, picked a knock in training and may be left out of the starting team against Croatia.
Some football enthusiasts who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday, agreed that Rohr’s biggest headache going to Russia was in the area of goalkeeping.
The association’s Chairman, Chidi Offor-Okenwa, made the assertion while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Enugu on the 30-man World Cup Provisional List released on Monday.
“It is a true reflection of what most Nigerians wanted,’’ Amaraizu told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Enugu.
Samuel Ikpea, the NFSC chairman, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday that the list which comprised of both foreign and home based players would guard Coach Gernot Rohr to select the final squad for the mundial.
Okala, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Enugu, said the selected as dedicated players that would do the country proud.
Gaiya, who spoke on Wednesday in Abuja on the Super Eagles’ 0-2 loss to Serbia in London on Tuesday, said time was too short for the coach to be doing that.
The pacy forward grabbed a brace in Nigeria’s 2-3 loss to former World champions at the Estádio Beira-Rio, Praia de Belas, Brazil in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The coach, who congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria on their qualification for the World Cup, said he was happy with his team
The all-important tie kicks off by 5pm at the magnificent Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
Checks revealed that qualified countries for the Munidial would pocket a minimum of $12 million (equivalent of N4.3 billion), which will rise if they make it to the knockout rounds