By Koffi Raphael
Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr has been making whistle-stops across France and Germany to seek audience with some Super Eagles stars already pencilled for the forthcoming qualifiers in September with the objective of picking a world cup ticket to Qatar 2022.
Nigeria is drawn in Group E along with Liberia, Cape Verde and Central African Republic with the Super Eagles expected to host the lone Star of Liberia in Lagos on MatchDay 1 before traveling away to Praia on MatchDay 2 between September 5–8 against the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde.
Rohr, would however, reiterated the clarion call made by the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) President Amaju Pinnick on his recent visit to some England-based Stars that all hands must be on deck as the Super Eagles begin what would be a keenly contested qualifiers towards Qatar 2022.
“We are meeting some of our players,” the German told NationSport. “The President and my first assistant in Germany, and me in France and Germany.”
Rohr who has qualified the Super Eagles for every major football tournaments including the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup, the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt since he came on board in 2016, said no stone would be left unturned to ensure Nigeria hoist her flag at the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East next year.
