Former Nigeria international, Garba Lawal, said the Super Eagles must not win friendly games and Rohr should focus more on building the team.
Former Super Eagles winger, Garba Lawal, has stated that, making the qualifications for 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations should be set as a priority.
Lawal stated that a friendly game is played basically so that managers will know their areas of strength and weaknesses.
The former Lobi Stars Assistant coach, believes that Gernot Rohr is on the right track with the manner in which the team is being built.
But also warned that the qualifiers will be different from the friendly games and the team should trade with caution.
“Winning the friendly game is not a must but qualifying for the World Cup and AFCON is.
“We must look at the way we play and how we could win games. We are on the right track with the players and officials are doing very well.
“Rohr knows his players and I believe is doing great with the way he’s shaping the team to play but he has to focus more on that.
The Eagles are expected to come back after the Togo clash tomorrow to open their Group E Cameroon 2019 AFCON qualifying account against the South African foes on Saturday, June 10 in Uyo.
Shanghai Shenhua have not won in three matches and Obafemi Martins could not lift his side on Saturday, when they lost 3-1 to Shanghai SIPG.
To the north-east of Brazil lies the tough, poverty-stricken state of Sergipe. Wide open spaces and crumbling buildings line the vast beach front of the capital, Aracaju.
Out to sea, the horizon is pockmarked by petrol platforms the locals hope will one day offer a brighter future.
We’re already in the wilds of Brazil, and we still haven’t gone far enough to enter Diego Costa country.
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Brazil’s players could barely contain their emotions in the wake of ending their eight-year FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup drought on Sunday.
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Obafemi Martins scored on Friday to give Shanghai Shenhua a first half lead, but it eventually counted for nothing, as whatever hope that brought was quickly snuffed out after Guangzhou Evergrande hit back to snatch a 3-2 win.
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Supersport United FC and the South African Football Association (SAFA) have agreed terms on the release of Coach Stuart Baxter from the club to Bafana Bafana at the end of the current PSL season.
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Qualifying for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations is another top priority for the Super Eagles and the team is keen on ensuring a blistering start to the qualifying campaign, Onazi Ogenyi has told brila.net
Juventus moved further towards another claim at the Serie A title with a victory against Chievo on Saturday as Gonzalo Higuain’s timely return to form saw him grab both goals.
Higuain had gone five league games without scoring before breaking through in the opening period of a triumph that sends Juve nine points clear of second-placed Roma, who take on Bolgona on Sunday, at the top of the log
Although Higuain had gone over a month without scoring prior to the Coppa Italia clash with former club Napoli in midweek, the 29-year-old has now scored four goals in his last two outings and is hitting form again in time to take on Barcelona in their Champions League quarter-final first leg on Tuesday.
However, his two strikes – the second an 84th-minute finish that took his Serie A tally this season to 21.
Juventus have now won 32 consecutive home league matches and a sixth successive Scudetto is moving ever closer to their reach.
Higuain is the first Juventus player to score at least 20 goals in his first Serie A season since Charles and Sivori (1957-58).
Three-time African champions Nigeria will play their first competitive game of 2017, a 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo.
The Nigeria Football Federation have also informed that the match will take place on Saturday, June 10, 2017. -allnigeriasoccer
Nigeria head coach Gernot Rohr has revealed their plans ahead of their first 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will take on South Africa in the Group E of the 2019 AFCON qualification in June 2017.
German tactician Rohr stated that the Super Eagles will camp in France ahead of the encounter which will be played in Nigeria.
“We are meeting them in just eight weeks, so we don’t have much time. We must prepare very well for that match and we have already set out a training scheme to prepare the team,” Rohr said on Own Goal Nigeria.
”Some of the players will finish their league season at the beginning of May, some middle of May and we cannot allow them to go for holiday for three weeks and later ask them to come to camp ahead of the game against South Africa.
“We have a programme to work together as a team. We have arranged for camping in France and we have been invited for some friendly games, although it’s not FIFA window. We have some young players who we need to look at and also some of them that have finished their season in Europe.”
Seychelles and Libya are also part of Group E. The group winner qualifies for the 2019 AFCON finals, while the runner-up also qualifies if they are among the three best runners-up.
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