Head coach of the Cheetahs of Benin Republic Gernot Rohr is under heavy attack from fans of the team after openly admitting that they stand no chance of repeating the 2-1 win they had over Nigeria in June in tomorrow’s AFCON qualifiers, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Rohr powered Benin to a first ever win over their neighbors in June during the world cup qualifiers, a defeat that Nigeria avenged at the the start of the AFCON qualifiers by hitting three unreplied goals past Benin in Uyo two months ago.
Ahead of the reverse tie of that game in Uyo, Rohr was asked if he feels his team can repeat the same feat like they did at their adopted home in Cote d’Ivoire, and he immediately shut it down saying the Nigerian team isn’t the same like the one they defeated in June.
“Repeating the feat of June is going to be complicated. Because Nigeria is now at full strength. But we believe in it,” he told Foot Africa.
“We are missing key players, but we will do without them. In the axis, we would have liked to have Cedric and Olivier with us, but they are not here,” he concluded.
His confession hasn’t gone down well with fans of the team, who feel his admission will dampen the morale of the players of the team ahead of the game , which they need to avoid defeat to keep their hope of making it to the tournament alive.
