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Eagles will score plenty goals in Russia, Rohr assures
Having only scored two goals in their last three games, the scoring tendencies of Gernot Rohr’s Super Eagles have been a thing of worry in many quarters as the team prepares to represent Nigeria at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
The Eagles kicked off their World Cup preparations in March with a friendly game against Poland before also facing Serbia some days after. Rohr’s men found the back of the net only once in both encounters.
Last Monday, they played against the Democratic Republic of Congo at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt where they scored early in the game but failed to win as they conceded barely twelve minutes before time.
But Rohr, who led the team through the qualifying series, has played down the criticism, stating that the lack of goals could be as a result of the coaching crew’s experimentations during the warm-up matches.
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“I am not worried that the Super Eagles have not scored much in recent games.” – Complete Sports quotes the Franco-German coach as saying.
“I know we have what it takes to score goals and I believe my players will score plenty of goals at the World Cup in Russia.
“We are working very hard to get our attackers scoring goals again. It is not as if we can’t score goals, it is just that we were trying out new formations and trying out new players in different roles.
“Now that we have pruned the team to a manageable size, it is time to perfect our strategy for the World Cup.
“Nigerians should believe in this team to deliver at the World Cup. By the time we finished playing England and Czech Republic and go into our final camping for the World Cup, all the flaws will be corrected and we are ready to go,” he stated.
The Eagles are set to face the Three Lions of England in a high profile friendly at Wembley this weekend.
They are also billed to play Czech Republic in another friendly next week, before finally jetting out to Russia where they have Croatia, Iceland and Argentina to meet in the group stages of the World Cup finals which kicks of on June 14.
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