Rohr declares Mikel fit for Argentina

Super Eagles trainer Gernot Rohr is confident his inspirational captain John Mikel Obi  would be fit and ready for the team’s last preliminary Group D match against Argentina at the Saint Petersburg Stadium on Tuesday.

Mikel has been widely praised for doing a Yeoman’s job in the 2-0 defeat of Iceland at the Volgograd Arena on Friday but had a knock towards of the match clutching his hands.

But  Rohr is very hopeful about   Mikel  availability for  Tuesday’s decisive match against Argentina .

“ I  think  he only had a knock on the big part of his body and he was tired  because he did so much work for us today,” the  self-styled Franco-German coach said after the battle of Volgograd was won on Friday.

“ He( Mikel) was  running up and down because it was much work for him in his new role in the midfield but  there’s  no big injury; and he would be  ready for the next game again Argentina.”

 Meanwhile, Rohr  says he has nothing  but plaudits  for the manner his wards had  fought back into reckoning  with the 2-0 classy performance  over Iceland  after   losing  2-0 to Croatia in their opening match at Russia 2018.

“One thig I like about my team is the humility , solidarity and the team spirit,” he said. “Though we still made mistake because  we conceded two penalties in two matches ; this mistake is always done by young players but we have a big chance against Argentina.”