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Benin Republic head coach Gernot Rohr believes the Nigeria Soccer Federation is correct in its alternative of Augustine Eguavoen because the interim supervisor of the Tremendous Eagles for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, Soccernet.ng reviews.
Eguavoen was not the first-choice handler for the Tremendous Eagles forward of video games in opposition to Benin and Rwanda this September.
Nonetheless, the NFF settled for the previous worldwide after German coach Bruno Labbadia opted out of a deal to grow to be the everlasting Tremendous Eagles in August.
Eguavoen shouldn’t be a preferred alternative for the job after he did not information Nigeria past the primary knockout rounds of the 2021 AFCON and misplaced the ticket to the 2022 FIFA World Cup to everlasting rivals Ghana.
A former NFF Technical Director James Peter has publicly tagged Eguavoen, who’s in his fourth stint in control of the nationwide crew, a colossal failure.
Nonetheless, Rohr is satisfied that Eguavoen is well-versed within the workings of the Nigerian nationwide crew, greater than what a overseas coach might have mastered in solely two weeks.
Rohr, who guided Nigeria to qualify for the 2018 World Cup and a third-place end on the 2019 AFCON, insists Eguavoen would have learnt his classes from his low moments with the Tremendous Eagles.
“I believe Eguavoen is aware of them (the Tremendous Eagles) higher than a brand new coach,” Rohr instructed NationSports.
“He absolutely will need to have discovered from the 2 eliminations (for Qatar 2022 and AFCON 2021) and, maybe, his crew might be extra harmful to take care of.
Eguavoen will look to guide the Tremendous Eagles to avenge a 2-1 defeat suffered by the hands of Rohr’s Benin in June when the 2 groups meet once more in Uyo on Saturday.
