Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr has stated that his goal with the Nigerian national football team is to win the upcoming African Nations Cup in 2021, Praizenews report.

Rohr, who guided the Super Eagles to victory against Benin on Wednesday is out of contract in June 2020 but says his plan is to lead Nigeria to the summit of the African tournament rather than just qualify for it.

Nigeria face Lesotho in it's second match of AFCON 2021 qualifying this weekend and hope to make it a second win during this international football window.

The Franco-German coach who once played for Bayern Munich led Nigeria to a second-round exit in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and a third-place finish in the Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year.

Speaking on his future plans, Rohr said;

“It will be exciting for me to win the 2021 AFCON title with Nigeria. That’s my desire, and I will be the most excited.”
“So winning against Benin is just the beginning. I can’t be excited until we win the title in 2021.”

Reminiscing on the Super Eagles win over Benin, Rohr said to reporters; “The Super Eagles had a lot of scoring opportunities, but they failed to convert all of them.”

“In the second half, we played a very good match, ‘one-touch two-touch’, and we have good wingers. We had a lot of opportunities, and with the changes we made, we did very well. It is good for us.”

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Nigerians will be happy

Without it you'd be deemed a failure. Can't remember when last we had so much young talents scattered all over the place.
With
S Chukwueze
M Simon
H Onyekuru
J Aribo
T Ebuehi
V Osimhen
J Collins
W Ndidi
S Kalu
S Iwobi
O Etebo
K Omeruo
T Kong
and a long list of others nothing less is expected.

Your greatest undoing Will be still hanging on to
D Akpeyi
P Onuachu
and the likes. The Akpeyi(basket) cost you the last edition. Unless you haven't learnt your lesson

Ok

I think with the calibers of players we have right now , that dream can be achieved

promise

Good for him

Okay o

He has learned alot from NFF sponsored coaching course.
Great

That's the kinda talk I like

Just remove Abokki from the team and we good
Soccer is not their thing

of course.... who wan stop us?.... Ivory Coast or Ghana? .... mtcheww
When I watch Samuel Chukwueze play in Villareal I'm always joyed, looks like running on the flanks with Arjen Robben or Adriano in PES 09 on PS2
... Joe Aribo another maestro... what a team we have


Up Naija jare

We hope so

We are up to the task

with ur clear lack of tactics.... smh

He know say his contract dey expire next year, so he dey used logic make NFF renew the contract. Oyibo's with their sense!

Ok. Fingers crossed and all the best.

ZombieTERROR:
That's the kinda talk I like

Just remove Abokki from the team and we good
Soccer is not their thing

stop this nonsense talk jare.

Mr Rohr we dont expect less. It's so bad that other local coaches have been failing and you're the only one with your team still able to put smiles on our faces. Win the nations cup and Nigerians wont forget you like we haven't forgotten Keshi.

Ummm really

Paul Onachu and Daniel Akpeyi had nothing to offer to the super eagles,get rid of these men,super eagles with go far

Moya look away

With no goalkeeper abi

Pure politics to so as to b reappointed. We need indigenous coach

It's not a new promise

TheGiftedOne:
Without it you'd be deemed a failure. Can't remember when last we had so much young talents scattered all over the place.
With
S Chukwueze
M Simon
H Onyekuru
J Aribo
T Ebuehi
V Osimhen
J Collins
W Ndidi
S Kalu
S Iwobi
O Etebo
K Omeruo
T Kong
and a long list of others nothing less is expected.

Your greatest undoing Will be still hanging on to
D Akpeyi
P Onuachu
and the likes. The Akpeyi(basket) cost you the last edition. Unless you haven't learnt your lesson

Give the bolded some slack. He represents a strategic change if needed. Same as Crouch was with Stoke in his later days. Sometimes you need that in your arsenal. The problem he has is that prefers crosses into the box. Our wingers however prefer to cut into the box and make an extra man. But I can see him come up in the last 10 minutes for impact.

When we are chasing the game we can bung balls into the box or he can come in and defend our box from late corners and crosses.

So I really get you and you make very good points. We have an amazing crop of talented and success hungry footballers. My prayer is that they dont fail to come good as the ivorian team of the 2000's and the dutch team of same period!

kufre2010:
Pure politics to so as to b reappointed. We need indigenous coach

How far ur U23 squad

Coach, fire on. Although I am a vegan, I want you to serve me Crocodile meat this weekend. To Maseru, we go.

Win world cup first.

Then we shall think about taking you seriously

After dem don sack am

No be today y***h dey back