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“Nigeria Can Never Win AFCON 2021, We Don’t Have Better Team To Win It” – Gernot Rohr Reveals

May 30, 2020

Nigeria Can Never Win AFCON 2021

Nigeria head coach Gernot Rohr said it is difficult for his team to win the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2021) since they are not the best team in the competition.

The German strategist as of late consented to an over multi year arrangement to proceed with his work as the handler of the three-time African heroes, taking care of hypothesis around his future.

On Wednesday, the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick uncovered the conditions in the new contract which incorporate an order to qualify the nation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and furthermore win the following Afcon in Cameroon. # AFCON 2021.

The 66-year-old guided the Super Eagles to a third-place finish in Egypt a year ago, in any case, he revealed that the new objective may be hard to accomplish.

“At the point when you go to a competition it is to win it,” Rohr disclosed to BBC Sport. “We completed third in the last one, and everyone needs to advance. Yet, we know likewise that it is hard to win this competition since we are not number one in Africa.

“Be that as it may, it is a great idea to have these achievements and aspiration.” Aside from the opposition targets, he is likewise expected to live in Nigeria and get his pay in neighborhood money (naira). # AFCON 2021.

Rohr, who recently instructed Gabon, Niger and Burkina Faso before joining the Super Eagles, said he comprehends the dangers that accompany the new contract.

He is additionally sure the crew he’s raised is equipped for helping him to take care of business.

“My contract constantly is a hazard since it is done when we are wiped out from an opposition – regardless of whether the Afcon or World Cup,” he included.