Rohr Gives Super Eagles Verdict As Moses Reacts To Penalty Call.

Technical Adviser of Nigeria’s Super Eagles insists the 2013 African Champions are no World Cup favourites despite beating Poland in an International friendly on Friday.

The Eagles who were without the services of Captain John Obi Mikel ran out 1-0 winners against their Polish opponents who were wasteful in front of goal.

Friday’s victory came on the back of a friendly win over Argentina last year and many football followers have been installing the Super Eagles as Favourites for the Russia 2018 World Cup but Rohr wouldn’t want his team to get carried away and has played down such talks.

“We were lucky to have won this game against a very solid Polish side,” Rohr after the game.

“They created some big opportunities to score and were dangerous from set pieces that we found difficult to cope with but I praise my team for their victory.

“This team is a young team but also a team of leaders. If we stay humble and continue to work hard to improve our play we have huge potentials, but beating 2 FIFA top 10 teams in friendlies doesn’t mean we are now World Cup favourites.”


Meanwhile, Victor Moses insists Nigeria truly deserved to be awarded a penalty during the game against Poland.

Referee Michael Oliver pointed to the spot after Moses went down under a simple challenge while in the box of the hosts. He went on to convert the penalty which turned out to be the winner but many feel it was a wrong call but Moses won’t buy that.

”For sure it was a penalty when I was fouled, the referee made the right decision. It was a good win for us,” Victor Moses said at the mixed zone.

”Poland has many good players. They attacked especially well after conceding the goal, but we showed more character today.

”We wanted to enjoy the game and simply win. We believe that during the World Cup we will manage to go as far as possible.”

Nigeria will next face Serbia in London on Tuesday.

Source: http://easternreporter.com/2018/03/26/rohr-gives-super-eagles-verdict-as-moses-reacts-to-penalty-call/