Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr has assured Nigerian fans of a good outing in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
He urged the fans to disregard that the team had lost three of its four warm-up games, saying the players and coaching staff have used them as a learning process.
Speaking with BBC Sport after Wednesday’s loss to Czech Republic, the German said, “We lost again another match, everybody is angry about it and this anger is positive.
“After we won against Argentina in a friendly (in November), everyone talked about us reaching the semi-final and now the results now has humbled those voices.
“Because we need humility, it is helping us. We also need solidarity and hard work. Everybody understands this after the defeat to Czech Republic.”
He also emphasized that the team had picked up positive lessons from the experience.
“We also had some positive lessons especially with the return of (Wilfred) Ndidi. He has not played for two months.
“It was very important to see him playing again. Normally, he should play 70 minutes but could play 90 minutes which is very good.
“The medical team did a great job. Now Ndidi will be fit for the World Cup.”
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