LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NESRANGERS)-Head coach of the Super Eagles , Gernot Rohr has insisted that playing a three-man defence against Croatia was not the best decision. Gernot Rohr was reacting to criticisms surrounding his choice of 4-2-3-1 formation for the 2-0 defeat to the Europeans in their Group D opener on Saturday night. Former Nigeria…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles midfielder, Austin Okocha has slammed Coach Gernot Rohr for his tactical approach in Nigeria’s 2-0 defeat to Croatia. Okocha also blamed the team’s poor defending which led to the two goals conceded in each half. He added that Mikel was not creative enough in the midfield, adding that the…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has attributed Nigeria’s 2-0 loss to Croatia in the opening match at Kaliningrad to too many mistakes. The Eastern Europeans broke the deadlock in the first half as a Mario Mandzukic’s header was unfortunately steered home by Oghenekaro Etebor. Luka Modric converted a second half penalty to…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, on Monday unveiled a 30-man provisional squad for the 2018 World Cup. Rohr picks four goalkeepers: Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Daniel Akpeyi, Francis Uzoho and Dele Ajiboye. The defenders include: William Troost-Ekong, Leon Balogun, Ola Aina, Kenneth Omeruo, Bryan Idowu, Chidozie Awaziem, Abdullahi Shehu, Elderson Echiejile,…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gernot Rohr has warned that the Nigeria senior national team are not World Cup favourites despite their 1-0 victory over Poland in Friday’s international friendly at the Municipal Stadium, Wroclaw. Adam Nawałka’s were punished for failing to convert their numerous scoring chances and bowed to the Africans who were without captain John…