Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr says he will pick players for games of the ongoing AFCON 2019 based on how the team want to play and the opponent they are up against. Clearly stating that no player is sure to start games.
The coach made five changes to his starting lineup for the game against Guinea which Nigeria won 1-0 to seal their spot in the round of 16 and against Madagascar today, he will likely field a lineup different from the one against Guinea.
Rohr said no player in the team is sure to start game and that it’s all down to the competitive nature of the squad which makes it easy for players to fill in for other players with ease when they are not available or can’t play with the style the team want.
” We have a steady team not a sure team. Everybody has the same chance to play base on the opponents we are playing and also how we want to play. When you have a team that has players with so much quality, you keep changing for better result”, Rohr said.
” Against Madagascar, we will rest some players but we will play a team strong enough to give us a good result. The team want to win all group games it will help our confidence in the round of 16″.
