Friendly With Brazil Will Help Us Prepare For AFCON 2021— Rohr

Barely 24hours to the high profile game, the Super Eagles Coach

 

Gerontological Rohr on Saturday said his immediate goal was to prepare three–times African champions Nigeria for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches.

 

Rohr who made this known a press conference in Singapore, ahead of Sunday’s clash with five–times world champions Brazil at the Singapore National Stadium in Kallang, explained that the high-profile friendly was an opportunity to test his team’s capacity and make adjustments where necessary before playing against Benin Republic and Lesotho.

 

He noted that the game will further help the players to be stronger in further challenges, hoping for a very good match ahead

 

 

Rohr stressed that ” the game against Brazil will show how much we are progressing after finishing third at the AFCON in Egypt.

 

“It is a fantastic opportunity for us to learn a few more things that will make us better and stronger for future challenges.

 

According to the Manager “This is an important test game for us, and we are here to learn from the best. We hope for a very good game against Brazil on Sunday.

 

“This will help us prepare ourselves for the 2021 AFCON qualifiers against Benin Republic and Lesotho next month,” Rohr said.

 

He also noted that the friendly would afford him the opportunity of testing new players in order to fill the void created by the retirement of some old top players in the team.

 

.“After the 2019 AFCON, two of our top players retired and we have to see how to replace them.

 

“We saw a little bit in our friendly against Ukraine last month and hope we can improve on that performance in Sunday”,he stated.