Nigeria Coach Brims With Confidence : We Will Beat Cameroon In Uyo
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has expressed his optimism that the national team will end the first phase of African World Cup qualifiers with maximum points from three matches. <br /><br />The German noted that Nigeria<span class="body1"><span class="body1">’s next opponents are the new African champs but remains confident of a victory because of their home advantage and Cameroon will be faced with a fixture congestion because of their participation at the 2017 Confederations Cup. <br /><br /></span></span><span class="body1">“I</span><span class="body1"><span class="body1">’</span>m not afraid of Cameroon because I believe we can beat them in Uyo in August, </span><span class="body1"><span class="body1"><span class="body1">” Rohr told the NFF YouTube channel. </span></span> <br /><br /></span><span class="body1"><span class="body1">“</span>They will be favourite now in the two games because they are African champions and we did not play in Gabon, and don</span><span class="body1"><span class="body1"><span class="body1">’</span></span>t forget they will be in Russia for the Confederations Cup.</span><span class="body1"><span class="body1"><span class="body1">”<br /><br /></span></span>The former Bayern Munich defender added : </span><span class="body1"><span class="body1">“</span>But the good thing is that it will be difficult for them because they won</span><span class="body1"><span class="body1"><span class="body1">’</span></span>t have many holidays to rest. <br /><br /></span><span class="body1"><span class="body1">“</span>What is positive for them is that they were together for five to six weeks ahead of the Cup of Nations, they played six games and became better as they progressed which is normal</span><span class="body1"><span class="body1"><span class="body1">”.<br /><br />Rohr is back in Nigeria after working as a pundit and scouting the Super Eagles group opponents Cameroon and Algeria at the just concluded African Cup of Nations. <br /><br />Igho Kingsley <br /></span></span></span>
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