Despite the outcry by sports loving Nigerians that the country should immediately terminate the services of Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr for not living up to expectations, the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has stated that Rohr will not be sacked
Rohr has come under intense criticism following the Super Eagles’ performance at the Cup of Nations in Egypt especially the 2-1 semifinal defeat to the Desert Foxes of Algeria and the 2-0 loss to Madagascar.
But Pinnick has backed the former Bordeaux tactician to remain in charge of the team.
“He will remain in the job. I have complete confidence in him,”
Pinnick some Nigerian journalist covering the AFCON in Cairo on Tuesday.
“Gernot has taken us to the semi-final, the target we set for him. Right now, we have a third-place match to play for and we intend to have our team leave Egypt with honour.
“There are some people that have been calling on me and the federation to sack Gernot. But I am not going to do that. In fact, Gernot is going on a refresher training period with Bayern Munich after the Nations Cup. We have a long-term plan with him.”
‘We have had rocky and difficult moments in our relationship, but this is normal in any relationship between two people. He is a good coach and we want him to remain with us. That said, we will work together on what needs to be improved upon.”
The Super Eagles will face the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in the third-place match of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday in Cairo.
