Gernot Rohr is confident his side will cope with Cape Verde’s threat when they clash at the Estadio Municipal Aderito Sena, Mindelo for their second 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match.
Rohr identified Al Nassr’s Ryan Mendes who has scored 13 goals in 53 matches and young forward Julio Tavares as the danger men for the Blue Sharks.
On his plan to stop the attacking duo, and their teammates, Rohr, said he has prepared his strategy for the game and he’s confident, the Super Eagles will come out on top.
“They play much like the Portuguese, they like to play quickly forward. They have very good strikers, they have this wonderful player Mendes (Ryan) and Tavares (Julio) who plays in France also we know them; they have very good offensive players.
“They play very often with three in the back. We know that they like to come back to be sure that they don’t concede.
“But we have our idea, our tactics to score a goal and to win the match, that is what we want to do and we know that it is not easy because of this handicap of 10 players missing and two days less of recovery but it will be a challenge.” He said.
Nigeria is currently topping the Group with three points, while Cape Verde slipped to third after Liberia edged the Central African Republic 1-0 on Monday.
