Former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has explained why his team Benin Republic and many other teams are finding it hard to beat the Super Eagles under interim coach Austine Eguavoen, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Since taking over as interim coach of the senior national team of Nigeria following the disappointment of German coach Bruno Labbadia turning down the job less than a week to the start of the AFCON qualifiers, Eguavoen has powered the team to two wins and a draw.
His team is now one point away from sealing a spot at the AFCON with CAF awarding them three points, three goals for the abandoned game against Libya after they were left stranded at the airport 18 hours upon arrival in Libya for the reverse tie of their 1-0 win in Uyo.
They could wrap up their spot with a draw against Benin Republic on the 14th of November, and Rohr who was at the helm as coach of the Nigerian team for close to six years has explained the difficulties in beating the team under Eguavoen.
” He (Eguavoen) was there with me and later took over the team. Two other coaches came in and he still kept his spot around the team. So you can say he has been there for a while and knows a lot about his team than most coaches at the moment”, Rohr told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
” Super Eagles are now hard to beat because he has seen the players over the years during their good and bad times. Now they are flying high and it’s very hard for any team to beat them with that level of continuity with the present coach”.