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How Coach Rohr has changed the team –Mikel Obi

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7 years ago

November 11, 2016

Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi has said that the Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has made a lot of changes to the team.

The Chelsea FC midfielder says the team now plays with ” energy”. He made this known while speaking at a press conference in Uyo.

“We have a very good and young team. The manager (Gernot Rohr) has come in and he has made a lot of changes to the team. He has brought in a lot of new players and I think it is quite clear to see from the way we play these days.

“There’s a lot more energy to our game and players like Kelechi (Iheanacho), (Alex) Iwobi and the others are always calling for the ball because we generally want to express ourselves a lot more.

“That is something we have improved on lately.”

Mikel also revealed that Rohr always insists that the players win back possession as soon as possible whenever the team loses the ball, and that the tactic will remain unchanged when they face Algeria this Saturday.

“One thing the manager always likes us to do is to win back possession quickly whenever we lose the ball.

“What this translates into is that we always have possession of the ball.

“We have done that very well in the last two games (versus Tanzania and Zambia) we have played and hopefully, against Algeria on Saturday, we will carry it over from the Zambia game and play a good game,” he said.

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