Joebie:
@ Chriskels

Rohr To South Africa : Play As You Did Against Super Eagles, You'll Beat Libya
Published: November 17, 2018


With Libya hammering Seychelles 8-1 on Saturday afternoon, it is going to be a big battle when South Africa face the Mediterranean Knights in March 2019 for the last ticket in Group E of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr named Brighton & Hove loanee Percy Tau as the South Africa player that impressed him the most in today's contest at the FNB Stadium.

The 24-year-old forward kept the Nigeria defense busy throughout the game and showed brilliant footwork to set up the South African equaliser scored by Lebo Mothiba in the 26th minute.

The Super Eagles won back-to-back games against Libya in October, while South Africa were held to a goalless draw by the North Africans two months ago.

Commenting on South Africa's final group game vs Libya, Rohr told SuperSport : ''It will be a big battle, in Sfax we played a very good Libyan team. They saw already here that it is not easy to beat them.

''But I think that if South Africa played as they did today, with Percy Tau who is a wonderful player they are going to beat them and even a draw will be enough.

''I think they will be with us at the next AFCON in Cameroon.''

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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Joebie:
Normalcy is not an achievement. It’s the usual. We are better than this based on our potential over the years.

Modified
You don’t celebrate what ought to happen anyway

klexycole:


But the commentators submitted that, the goal wasn't an offside.

Odunayaw:
No it wasn't

tbaba1234:


Yes, but over the last couple, we have failed. If we failed again, that would have been our new normal.

elyte89:



Is only on dis thread we tend to equal our players talents with d likes of Brazil,Germany, and co,I dont blame us anyway,na d love wey we get for eagles,make us hype our talent too

Sincerely,rohr is trying,aside is human error wc I think its normal,all coaches too av deir deficiencies, overall,he's tryin...even with d recent result we re having, a lot of my peeps out dere who re football fans like us dont usually rate our players talents at all,sometimes when I read comments on dis thread and equate it with what oda fans rate our eagles outdere,its like V.I TO OKOKOMAIKO ,na only us dey c our players like say dem sabi ball,come to area and c aw ppu criticize dis team. After tdays match,majority out here even appreciated rohr DT during his era,no more hypertensive qualification, punching of calculators etc,saying he's getting d best result out of dis less average team,here we re calling for his sack ,we re too over ambitious with dis average crop of players we av sincerely.

daveP:
I think it's safe to say that we have potentials.


But until it's kinetic, OYO is the case if you think Zidane and Silva and Ronaldinho dey our team o.


Can this team get 45passes uninterrupted and fast in 35seconds in a match?


Pls don't preach the we would get there sermon. I've been hearing that for a decade now.


Glad we qualified actually!!

somehow:
Is the commentator a qualified and trained ref? because he's got access to the mic doesn't mean he's educated in other aspect of football.

Joebie:
Nigeria qualifying for AFCON is not a sign that we are doing something right. You can only say that if it’s actually an achievement. We are not even talking about getting to the QF of the AFCON. Come on man!

Odunayaw:
huh? Spain had 1000+ and were out of the WC sooner than they could get an erection!


Sleek football without result equals LOSS

somehow:
It was go back and rewatch the clip.

COOL10:
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Oga Joebie,let's just agree to disagree. But before then let me say this: You would have known how big an achievement it was to qualify today if we had failed to qualify for a third consecutive AFCON. And as for getting to the QFs,no need debating on that cause we'll definitely surpass that stage. You can take that to the bank

Joebie:
A whole Nigeria celebrating AFCON qualification? Think about this deeply. Na really progress o

Odunayaw:
This is offside?

Drink water abeg

Joebie:
Come on the offside rule is plain and simple. You can explain it to anyone and they just get it. Nothing complicated that u have to be a ref first.

Joebie:

elyte89:


Both goals were legit goals

Odunayaw:
This is offside?

Drink water abeg

Danielnino00:


From the way u are talking,it's obvious you didn't watch the match.. Even a 5 years old with basic knowledge of football will tell you that wasn't an offside...

Odunayaw:
This is offside?

Drink water abeg

ChrisKels:


My dear, from some posts in here, u can grade people's standards outside of this forum.

I will never forget what one gal told me bk then in skul. Gal was a very strong first class candidate from the dept of Geoplanning and never had anything less than A. Final year second semester, a lecturer called J.U Ogbonna hammered her 74(A) in a course she did so well that her actual score was supposed to be above 90. D girl begin para for the lecturer threatening to write a petition against him if he failed to provide his answer script to prove that he gave her what she merited. Na so I dey try calm her down say Chy but it is still an "A" nah, she told me straight up, "see KC I know my worth and my standard, I dont compromise on these two and I cant settle for less."

I just nod head comot, say babe dun carry laws of power scatter her head. She stood her ground and the almighty JU Ogbonna succumbed.

somehow:
Has the ball been released as a pass yet?

somehow:
Sorry guys, i actually missed it I must have been watching something else that i thought it was that of the SE. make una no vex

Joebie:
Hell no. I won’t be crying. We have many examples of incompetence all around us here in Nigeria. Qualifying for an AFCON isn’t an achievement. If we get to the QF, at least I can celebrate that

Odunayaw:
I sha noticed you were doing somehow (pun intended)

ChrisKels:


I saw him say it live to Caroline after the match that was what got me so furious plus Ikpeba talking trash and laughing like a mm in the studio. Abeg Rohr dun tire me

BascoVanVeli:


Rohr was only being political and rightly so because u never what could happen in the future. That could be a mini job interview he just did.

Humility017:

any fair and transparent coach....will do better with this array of talents.....

the bane I indigenous coaches is corruption and this player agents-coaching sorting things....besides that our Indigenous coaches like siasia will even do better.

why can't our coaches and other professionals have integrity....?
tired of seeing white carpenters and tailors masquerading as expatriates in Nigeria

somehow:
Is the commentator a qualified and trained ref? because he's got access to the mic doesn't mean he's educated in other aspect of football.

Sir, check again. Both goals were clearly and perfectly onside. It was even discussed in the studio. So what's the point here?

By the way, you are no qualified or trained referee either.

Curtisaxel7:
I was expecting Rohr to protest the horrible officiating at the end of the match interview but the old donkey couldn't utter a word. Shameful.

This is slowly becoming a pattern, African sides are robbing us and getting away with it. First it was Algeria being awarded a non existent penalty and being spared a clear red card, now two clear goals discounted against SA. If we continue to tolerate this rubbish it will affect us one day in a crucial match.

Pinnick and Rohr must insist on an investigation into this match. This thing is no longer funny.