The Coach of Benin, Gernot Rohr, regretted that the dream of his workforce attending to the World Cup had been ruined by the 0-4 defeat by the hands of the Super Eagles.
Nigeria defeated Benin 4-0 on Tuesday on the Godswill Akpabio stadium to maintain up hope of qualifying for the World Cup by way of the playoffs. Osimhen’s hat-trick and Frank Onyeka’s last-minute objective have been all of the Tremendous Eagles wanted to maneuver to the following qualification spherical.
Had Benin defeated Nigeria, they’d have certified for the World Cup, as they have been the group leaders earlier than the final spherical of matches.
Rohr acknowledged that the Tremendous Eagles had skilled and gifted gamers, which gave them victory within the match.
He stated that the Cheetahs have been younger gamers with much less expertise, however performed excellent soccer.
“There was an enormous disappointment as a result of we needed to go to the World Cup, additionally with Beninois for the primary time in historical past, however we couldn’t,” Rohr, a former coach of Nigeria, stated.
“, we don’t have sufficient gamers of excessive degree.
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“As you understand, we’ve some gamers who began the match; they don’t even have golf equipment; we even have gamers who play within the fifth division in France, however I’m pleased with my workforce.
“They did very properly on this World Cup qualifier, however till the final recreation as we speak. I’m very joyful to be the coach of this workforce.
“It’s a younger workforce; there are nonetheless issues to study. They began with a objective within the first minutes,” Rohr stated.