Benin head coach, Gernot Rohr is expecting a tough duel against the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Rohr, who was in charge of the Super Eagles for five years will attempt to stop his former team from securing a place in the next World Cup to be jointly hosted by United States of America, Mexico and Canada.
Aside from the Super Eagles, the Squirrels will also take on South Africa Zimbabwe Rwanda and Lesotho in Group C.
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“Benin fell into an extremely tough group, with obviously Nigeria as the favorite, a team we know quite well. But also the others, that is to say South Africa, already qualified for the next AFCON very early with a new state of mind,” the Franco-German technician explained,” Rohr was quoted by 24HauBenin.
“Of course, there is also Zimbabwe, which has a very strong physical team, and Rwanda, which we know quite well. And then there is also Lesotho, a country we are familiar with because Benin has played against them.
“It will be tough against South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Lesotho, who are geographically very close. As well as Nigeria and Benin, who are also neighbors. It’s really a group of people who know each other, making it an extremely technical and physical challenge.”
The African zone of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers will run from November 2023 to November 2025.
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If GENERAL ROAR was still the COACH of the SE,I could have ask my DOCTOR to give me some SLEEPING PILLS.I will just SLEEP from now till JANUARY 2026 then WAKE to the RECORD BREAKING NEWS that he had QUALIFIED us with like 4 GAMES to SPARE
Yes GENERAL ROAR is FAMILIAR with the SE. It’s the same HEADLESS CHICKEN DRIBBLE from CHUCKS, USELESS CROSSES from MOSES and the ANXIOUS OSIMHEN SHOOTING here and there and doing OKADA KICKS..
And this WRITER needs to UPDATE himself. GENERAL ROAR’S BENIN REPUBLIC is now known as the CHEETAHS not SQUIRRELS..
Somehow, I wonder if you’re okay becuase you always sound stupid.
Sometimes, I wonder if you’re okay becuase you always sound stupid.
LMFAO.
@BOBBY its GOOD that you’re still WONDERING if am OKAY. And at least I sound STUPID unlike you that one doesn’t need to WONDER if you OKAY cos you are DEFINITELY not OKAY and you’re STUPID..
I mean PEOPLE don’t answer BOBBY no more..the ones that I know with your kind of NAME went to COURT to do CHANGE of NAME cos most DOGS answer BOBBY as PET NAME and sometimes it’s being MISPRONOUNCED (in NIGERIAN PALANCE) to sound like a WOMAN’S BREAST…
LMFAO…
Is Rohr giving Cisse the middle finger in this pic?
Perhaps he’s also aiming a middle finger at the NFF.
When Nigeria host Benin, how will the Naija crowd react to Rohr? The man who put smiles on their faces in the past is now looking to turn the smiles upside down. And he’s highly motivated. He wants to sock it to the NFF.
The battle lines have been drawn!
Nigeria will shut the mouth of the coach I’m the happiest man on earth that we have a chance to silence him and his badwagon.
Nigeria shall crush him and his team like he will never forget. Look, Edoman use to like him when he was in-charge of our National team, yes. Well, l love Nigeria more than him. He is an old man now and on the other side. A lot of the Nigerian players would not have known or remember who Rohr was really.