Eguavoen warns Rohr: Eagles out to win and seal 2025 AFCON ticket
Augustine Eguavoen is confident the Super Eagles will get the win and points required to confirm their 21st appearance in Confederation of African Football, CAF’s flagship event, the Africa Cup of Nations.
The Super Eagles will face the Cheetahs of Republic of Benin in a matchday five fixture of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Abidjan on Thursday and Eguavoen, the Super Eagles interim coach has warned Gernot Rohr, the former manager of the Nigerian senior national team, who is now in charge of the Beninioise that his men will fight for every ball in the game.
Eguavoen says he and his team know Rohr inside out and know what the Franco-German is capable of. He aalso admits Rohr also knows the Super Eagles team he was coach of for five years (Aug 9, 2016 to Dec 12, 2021).
Group D
Team P W D L F A GD Pts
Nigeria 4 3 1 0 7 0 7 10
Benin 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6
Rwanda 4 1 2 1 3 5 -2 5
Libya 4 0 1 3 2 7 -5 1
‘We have worked with Gernot Rohr for so many years, he was our head coach, a very good coach, no doubt. He knows us in and out, he is a part of us, we also know him inside and outside.
‘We know what Rohr is capable of but you know Nigeria is a country that you don’t toy with. We respect our opponents but we play with the mindset that we want to win all our games.
‘Well, that is easier said than done but we fight for every ball, we fight for every point and that exactly is what we want to do when we play against Benin Republic on Thursday.
‘In respect to everything I just said, we should all have it at the back of our minds that Benin Republic is not a pushover but we will work hard to make sure we achieve our objectives,’ Eguavoen said at his pre-match press conference on Wednesday.
