West Brom defender Semi Ajayi will continue in his role in the midfield for Nigeria with Wilfred Ndidi still out injured for the AFCON 2021 qualifiers.
Ajayi played as the defensive midfielder for the recent friendly games against Algeria and Tunisia respectively. Rohr has pencilled him down for same role in the back to back games against Sierra Leone.
Nigeria need four points from the two games to book a place in next year Africa Cup of Nations and in his 24 man squad for the game the coach listed ten defenders.
Defending his decision the coach said Ajayi who was listed as a defender is in the squad as a midfielder with Ndidi still not available “ We don’t have ten defenders for the game. Yes on paper but in reality we have eight defenders because Ajayi is in as a midfielder”, the coach told Owngoalnigeria.com.
“ The idea is to get a team that will be good enough to get the points we need to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations. We don’t take Sierra Leone for granted hence we have to be at the best”, he concluded.
