Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr was bombarded with questions by local media after the Super Eagles' loss to South Africa on Saturday.

The Nigerian Federation spokesman, Ademola Olajire, came to the rescue of the German tactician when he was quizzed about some of his naive tactical decisions like starting Awaziem instead of the more experienced Chelsea defender Kenneth Omeruo and leaving an off-form Iheanacho on the pitch for that long.

''Nobody is happy with the manner of the defeat because it could have been avoided, we wanted to know why he made some of those decisions, '' a top source at the post match press conference told allnigeriasoccer.com.

''Rohr was asked why he started Awaziem ahead of Omeruo and why he didn't substitute Iheanacho earlier when he noticed he was ineffective but the Nigerian Federation's Olajire kept shutting me down, he told Rohr not to respond.''

After match day one in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Nigeria are only third in Group E because Seychelles suffered a heavy 5-1 loss away to Libya on Friday.

Igho Kingsley