The Super Eagles’ entertaining style in qualifying caught the eye, but with the world watching, will Rohr stick or twist with his approach?
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Nigeria played some pleasing football on the road to Russia, but often struggled to replicate those performances in their pre-World Cup friendlies, which has lowered expectations amongst supporters. Ostensibly, Gernot Rohr doesn’t seem bothered by the West Africans’ recent poor performances and feels they’ll suddenly turn it up once the competition kicks-off.
Performances in qualifying and friendly win over Argentina heightened expectations of Nigerians.