AFCON 2019: Third place finish excites Rohr, predict bright future for Nigeria

AFCON 2019: Third place finish excites Rohr, predict bright future for Nigeria

By Sampson Adedeji

After a hard fought 1-0 win over Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in the third place playoff in the 2019 African Cup of Nations, Nigeria's Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has expressed his excitement as finished in third position, BSNSports.com.ng can report

Odion Ighalo's third minute goal ensured Nigeria defeated it's counterpart from Tunisia and picked the Bronze medal.

“I am happy to have won my first AFCON medal. It was a hard tournament… But the future is very bright for my team. We have a lot of young talent coming through," he said.

He also expressed his happiness that all the 23 players he took to the tournament played their part in the tournament.

“We conceded some goals in the tournament, due to some mistakes and we have to work on those individual mistakes… But I am happy that each and every player in my Super Eagles squad of 23 played.

While he further praised the team fighting spirit.

“What was good in my team, during this tournament, was the mental strength of my players.

"We lost to Madagascar but came back strongly against Cameroon. And even after our loss in the semi-final, they had a good attitude for the match of today, he concluded.