Wednesday, October 23, 2024

International Friendly: "We Will Be Better Physically" - Rohr


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International Friendly: "We Will Be Better Physically" - Rohr By Omolagba Oluwayemi Still ahead of Tuesday's second game against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr believes his side will be better physically than they were in the first game, BSNSports.com.ng reports. The German tactician in his interview with the team's media officer, Babafemi Raji also listed some of the players who will start the match and also said the observations of the team since the first match has been positive. "Well, the observations are positive because some of the player's who arrive from Nigeria who are not fit for the first game, they recovered well and we could have some interesting sessions so I think we will be better physically." "There will be some changes in the team of-course, the goal-keeper will change also for this match, Francis will start the game, then Musa also will start it now he is fit and then Williams Ekong or valentine will come in for the first time. "In this match I might test some players who have not played so much and also to have a new organization maybe try something different. "we want to win also because we've never won in Austria, it's four games here now but the most important thing is not the result, the most important is to progress, to learn, to work," he said regarding the players' progress. Gernot Rohr also made his complaints about some key players who are not in camp for different reasons "We have 16 players who could not come, all these defenders, 5 center defenders, the two defensive mid-fielders (Aribo, Onyeka), all the strikers that could not come, the wingers (Kanu, Henry, Osimhen) and all the others, Simy was invited also, even Sodiq could not come because of the play-offs." "It was a different camping but we have some experience now, we are interested in the new players now, what they can do in this match on Tuesday against Cameroon," he added. Talking about Vincent Onovo joining the camp in Austria he said: "Yes because we didn't have any defenders no more on the bench we need it. He is coming from Hungary, is not so far away, two hours by car, he came in the last moment he made the training. "He can play central defense or defensive mid-field and also with Anthony we have two guys on the bench who can come in and also Moses Simon who can play full back, he did very well in the training and also Marcus who is a winger had to play left back, he did it well." "It's interesting, they are in good spirit and the quality of the last training session is very good," he concluded. The Super Eagles will this Tuesday look to avoid a back to back loss when both sides clash for the second time within 4 days.
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Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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