AFCON ticket not yet in Eagles’ hands ―Rohr

Super Eagles’ Coach Gernot Rohr, has asked his players to work harder and get the needed 0ne point to safely land at AFCON 2019 championship, despite leading the Group E qualification table.

“Mathematically, we are not in AFCON yet, but we have a very good chance because if we take one point from our two games it should be enough to see us through,” Rohr said in Abuja on Wednesday.

”We should not go to sleep but work harder and aim for four points not one. We know how hard this is going to be, so we have to be smart”

Rohr also praised Libya for putting up a spirited fight against the Super Eagles admitting his lads were very nervous in Tuesday night’s encounter in Sfax, whilst also praising the Libyans for giving the Eagles a good run for their money.

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“It was a tough game; they had a good fighting spirit and didn’t want to lose after going down 4-0 in Nigeria. May be they wanted a revenge.

“When they scored the goals, they believed they could do it and our young team became a little nervous and lost concentration of the match but after they equalised we had the moral resources to score the third goal and win the match,” Rohr said.

He further went on to reveal that the team will now shift attention to next month’s clash in Johannesburg as they look to seal their place in Cameroon next year.

Having defeated Libya home and away, the Super Eagles now lead Group E with nine points while South Africa drop to second with eight points. Libya are third on four points and Seychelles remain bottom of the group with just a point.

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