Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr is a somewhat hot-in-demand\nfootball manager following Nigeria’s \nthird place finish at the 2019 CAF African Nations Cup in Egypt\npenultimate week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although the highly traveled coach\ncontinues to receive flaks from football fans and afficianados due to his none\ncomittal approach to the development of the local game, he continues to receive rave comments abroad.\nImmediately following their 1-0 win over Tunisia to win the bronze medal, the Morrocan FA was all edged to uave made\ninquiries about the Franco-German football tactician. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Nigeria Football Federation\npresident, Amaju Melvin Pinnick appears\nconfident in introverted manager. A leaked NFF memo was widely quoted in the\nmedia indicating the German would be sponsored to his home country’s leading\nBundesliga side, FC Bayern Munich for a\nrefresher course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This is unheard of: when is it the nff’s\nresponsibility to send an expatriate coach on a refresher course”, Sam Sighs, a former defunct NEPA FC player told Shipping\nWorld. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Godwin Dudu-Orumen, who runs Nigeria’s first sports lounge, SportShaq in Surulere, Lagos and now Edo State Director of Sports remains\nhighly critical of the German. “It\ndoesn’t matter the outcome of the third place match, it’s time for Gernot Rohr to go. His tactics are not winning is games. Against\nAlgeria, he could have won, but he chose to play defensive and gave the\nAlgerians opportunity to finish off the match. \nIt was the same tactics against the South Africans, who were undone by inexperience and their too\nmuch show of respect for the Super Eagles, ” he wrote on his facebook page.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rohr’s stay continue to elucidate mix\nreaction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ade Ojeikere, veteran Editor of the sports\ndaily, sportinglife noted that it was\ntime for the manager to leave. He believes the German can’t take Nigerian\nfootball to the desired height. “Let’s\nface it: late Stephen Keshi won us this Nations Cup under more stringent\ncontitions in South Africa in 2013. So why make excuses for him? ” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the statement by Pinnlck that Rohr met\nthe semifinals target wet for him by NFF, \nOjeikere was livid. What an\nexcuse. That’s mediocrity speaking. How can we set a semifinals berth as\nbenchmark in African football? It is absolutely unacceptable. “<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last Wednesday, he jetted out of Nigeria to Bordeaux, France for a deserved holiday. Nigeria would\nlater meet with Benin Republic ‘s national side on November 11 in a 2021 CAF African\nNations Cup qualification match in a yet to be named venue in Nigeria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nigeria’s other group mates in the\nelimination series are Sierra Leone and Lesotho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last Wednesday, the embattled coach sought unsuccessfully to\nhold talks with NFF boss Pinnick who was involved with FIFA facility inspectors\nin the nation for the under-20 women’s World Cup next year expected to be\nhosted by Nigeria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Would Gernot Rohr remain Nigeria’s manager?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shipping World can authoritatively report\nthat he is likely to remain here a while longer. “The NFF is comfortable with him. The\nFootball House is not in a position to go scouting for a coach Nigerian fans\nseek. They cannot pay the asking price\nof such managers”, a source close to the Glass House in Abuja enthused. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following poor runs in Egypt, Cameroon sacked their highly prized Dutch\nManager, Clarence Seeddof and along with\nhis assistant Patrik Kluivert and the entire backroom staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tanzania also sacked their Nigerian Manager\nEmmanuel Amuneke, who took them to the\ncontinental showpiece event after 39 years absence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, \nSuper Eagles clime have moved massive 12 places to World no. 31 in the\nlatest FIFA world rankings following their third-place finish in Egypt. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr is a somewhat hot-in-demand
\nfootball manager following Nigeria’s
\nthird place finish at the 2019 CAF African Nations Cup in Egypt
\npenultimate week. <\/p>\n
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Although the highly traveled coach
\ncontinues to receive flaks from football fans and afficianados due to his none
\ncomittal approach to the development of the local game, he continues to receive rave comments abroad.
\nImmediately following their 1-0 win over Tunisia to win the bronze medal, the Morrocan FA was all edged to uave made
\ninquiries about the Franco-German football tactician. <\/p>\n
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