Rohr Speaks On World Cup Ticket : Many People Wrote Us Off

Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr has revealed that he was pleased with how things went in the World Cup qualifiers and the players in the squad.

Nigeria's chances of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup were slim as they were in the same pool as Africa's most successful team in the World Cup Cameroon and North Africa powerhouse Algeria.

But the Super Eagles guaranteed their place at next summer's festival of football with a game to spare following their 1-0 win over Zambia in Uyo last weekend.

''I am very excited to be working with this team: a blend of the experienced and the young and ambitious ones,'' Rohr told thenff.com.

''They are a delight to be with at all times, and I believe we are onto great things.

''At the beginning of the qualifying series, many people said we were going to be chasing it. But we sat down together and we promised ourselves that we would go all out and get the ticket.''

Rohr's only loss since he was appointed coach was against South Africa at the start of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in June 2017.

Igho Kingsley