Former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has explained why his team Benin Republic failed to qualify for the World Cup like the Super Eagles of Nigeria, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Benin Republic finished third in the group behind Nigeria and South Africa who finished top to secure the group’s automatic ticket to the world cup, while Nigeria picked a playoff spot but lost to DR Congo in the final.
Rohr while assessing the failure of his team, said the decision by CAF to move the home games of two teams in the group in Lesotho and Zimbabwe gave South Africa an edge.
” South Africa played just three away games against Nigeria, Rwanda and my team played in a neutral ground. The rest games were at home which is shocking because it gives them an edge”, the coach said.
” You have to wonder how CAF arrived at such a decision without considering the undue advantage it could give South Africa. In the end they made good use of it”, the coach was quoted as saying by the press in Benin Republic.
Ade Emmanuel
