I’m not under pressure to field players—Rohr

Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has said that he is not under pressure to field players for Saturday’s AFCON qualifier between his team and the Bafana Bafana of South Africa at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo.

The coach revealed this on Thursday during a pre-match briefing at Le’ Meridian Hotel and Gold Resort, Uyo, where he affirmed that he works independently with is assistants.
Nobody is telling me how to work, I work independently with my assistants. There is no pressure on me to field any players.

We have good players from Nigeria in this team and I have some fine players who can play well for this country,” Rohr said.

Rohr added that as a professional he monitors the progress of players in their respective clubs and watched video clips of players’ performances.

According to him, nobody gave him directives on how to coach adding that he was satisfied with the selection made so far with the assistant of his technical team.

Rohr who acknowledged that the South African team is a good side, however assured that with the crop of player in the Eagles team they will be able to overpower the South Africans on Saturday.

He said that his squad for Saturday’s match was a blend of young talented players who are ready to redeem themselves against the South Africans.

Eagles’ stand-in captain, Ogenyi Onazi, said the objective of the team was to win the game and go for AFCON competition and the World Cup.

In his comment, an Akwa United FC player, Alhassan Ibrahim, who is one of home-based players in the team, said that it was an honour for him to be selected to feature for Nigeria at the national level out of the three players invited by the coach.

He lauded the cooperation he enjoyed from the experienced since the joined Eagles training camp in Corsica and Paris.