Gernot Rohr slams Beninese Football Federation following World Cup qualifier

• Gernot Rohr has criticised the Beninese Football Federation for their mediocre arrangements during the World Cup qualifier
• The Cheetahs suffered a 0-2 decision to Bafana Bafana astatine the Houphouet Boigny Stadium successful Abidjan successful the CAF Qualification Group C
• Rohr's broadside besides dropped 2 points aft squandering a two-goal pb against the Warriors of Zimbabwe

Benin Republic manager Gernot Rohr is unhappy with the country’s football governing assemblage implicit mediocre question arrangements.

The 71-year-old said immoderate of the nationalist players made sacrifices to prosecute their important World Cup qualifiers.

The Cheetahs are presently successful 3rd spot with 8 points successful the CAF Qualification Group C.

Benin Republic manager Gernot Rohr has lamented implicit the mediocre question statement by the shot authorities during their World Cup qualifiers past March. Photo by: Sia KAMBOU / AFP.
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Rohr slams Benin FA

Gernot Rohr has addressed the challenges the Cheetahs faced during their World Cup qualifiers, attributing their disappointing results to inadequate question arrangements made by the shot authorities.

According to AllNigeria, the German manager explained that helium encountered akin issues portion managing the Super Eagles of Nigeria.

The 71-year-old highlighted that immoderate players had to acquisition their tickets for the qualifiers.

He besides noted that the squad endured a grueling 26-hour travel from their archetypal destination to Durban for their lucifer against Zimbabwe, who had chosen a venue successful South Africa per snl24.. He said via Footboom1:

"Some of the players had to bargain their tickets due to the fact that they weren't validated.“They went to the summons office, and the summons wasn't valid, truthful they had to wage for it themselves."We person a important contented with question arrangements. If you privation to vie successful the World Cup; arsenic I experienced this with Nigeria, bully question conditions are vital. It each starts there.""This isn't the archetypal clip this has occurred. “26 hours of travel, including a four-hour hold successful Addis Ababa and 6.5 hours overnight successful Johannesburg earlier catching the formation to Durban—that's rather a situation for a squad aiming to execute astatine its best".

Gernot Rohr claimed that immoderate of the players bought their tickets themselves to prosecute their World Cup qualifying matches past month. Photo by: ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP.
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Rohr makes Group C prediction

Gernot Rohr has stated that South Africa stands a amended accidental of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.

The erstwhile Niger Republic manager believes Bafana Bafana has prime players susceptible of getting the occupation done.

The German manager besides acknowledged that portion the Super Eagles are favourites, they person not lived up to expectations. He said via NationSports:

“South Africa and Nigeria are the favourites successful this Group C, and I rather agree. "You tin accidental they are favourites, particularly South Africa, but we shall see. But for us, we are preparing well".

Rohr names 2 important Super Eagles players

Legit.ng earlier reported that erstwhile Super Eagles caput manager Gernot Rohr has named the 2 astir important players successful the Nigerian nationalist squad up of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Nigeria faces a hard but not intolerable task of qualifying for the 2026 Mundial scheduled to beryllium played successful the USA, Canada and Mexico aft a mediocre commencement to the campaign.

Rohr has singled retired Ademola Lookman and Moses Simon arsenic the champion successful the Nigerian nationalist team, snubbing the astir fashionable star, Victor Osimhen.

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