West Africa rivals, Ghana have been lined up for Nigeria as a friendly before the team’s departure for the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt in June, Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr has revealed.
Speaking shortly after the conclusion of the Nations Cup draw in Egypt tonight, Rohr said the match will hold in Nigeria while another friendly likely against Senegal comes up before the start of the competition in the North Africa country.
Besides revealing the friendly matches arranged for the team, Rohr also spoke on their chances against group B opponents, Madagascar, Guinea and Burundi.
” It is a tough group because Guinea have a very young and exciting team and Madagascar were the first team to qualify for the AFCON let us not forget that and Burundi is a very good team, they qualified ahead of Gabon who had Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and they have this good goal scorer who finished second behind Odion Ighalo in the top scorers of the qualifiers “, Rohr said.
To ensure he gets the best from his players, Rohr has assured that he will be in constant touch to urge them to avoid sustaining injury given the time frame before the commencement of the tournament.