As Nigeria head out to Praia on Monday, the German coach has his line-up pretty much dictated to him
For all that the performance and scoreline underwhelmed somewhat, Friday’s 2-0 win over Liberia was pivotal in getting Nigeria off to the best possible start to the World Cup qualifying campaign.
While few would have genuinely thought the Super Eagles were in any real trouble of failing to make it through the Second Round of African qualifying when the draws were made, stranger things have happened. Besides, there is a long, uncomfortable history of leaving it late to turn on the afterburners, an approach that famously singed the continent’s most populous nation in 2006.