Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Nigeria may play Germany in friendly duel

Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, says a host of friendly games have been lined up for the team later in the year, to help them in competitive games, ahead of AFCON 2019 and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Already, test games to put the team in shape for more daunting and challenging games have been arranged, with coach Rohr eager to test a host of players before using them in competitive games.
Rohr confirmed talks are underway to play two friendly games in France, where the team are expected to hold a training camp later in the year, revealed talks are underway for a high profile friendly game with the German national team.
” We have made contact with top executives in the German FA about a friendly, so we could play them”, Rohr said in an interview on Brila FM.
German FA:” There has been contact with Nigeria over a friendly game but that is all I know about the proposed tie. Maybe in the coming days more will be revealed “, he replied via mail.

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