Former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has reacted to the 0-4 loss the team suffered in their recent friendly game against Portugal.
Rohr was sacked after helping Nigeria seal a spot in the final rounds of the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers playoff. In his absence the team failed to make it to the World Cup losing on away goal rule to Ghana.
The coach was however in Qatar where he worked as a television pundit on matches involving African teams, owing to his experience and knowledge of the teams.
He however did take out time to watch his former team before the world cup in a friendly game against Portugal. The Jose Peseiro led team were no match for their Portuguese counterparts.
As a former coach of the team, Rohr expressed his unhappiness about the result particularly the way the team played saying the players looked unrecognizable from the players he worked with a little over a year ago. He also said in his five year stay at no time he was beaten 4-0.
“I watched the game against Portugal in Lisbon. I didn’t recognise my players at all. I wasn’t happy with how they played and the result. I never lost a match 4-0 to any team, during my five years as coach”, he was quoted as saying by Osasu Obayiuwana.
