Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, While speaking in an exclusive interview with The Independent on
Sunday, said that the team that will
face Algeria on the final-day 2018 World Cup qualifier on November 10,
would be a crack one, as he’s set to try out some fringe players.
Rohr, who spoke through the team’s media officer, Toyin Ibitoye,
said given that a fresh list would not be released for the friendly
match against Argentina, there was the need to get the list right even
from the match against Algeria.
He said; “The coach has assured that the list for the Algeria
match will be out this week. He has also assured that we are going to be
timely in order to prepare well.”
Speaking on whether the same set of players invited for the Algeria
match will prosecute the friendly encounter against Argentina and what
the squad would look like, Ibitoye said:
“We have just four days after the Algeria match to play
Argentina, so there is no need for a fresh list. That is why it will be a
very strong list that will cater for the two matches. People have been
asking whether there will be more home base players.
“But we have two already in the team and I think it is enough;
home base players have a lot of opportunities like CHAN to prove
themselves. Like I said, we are playing Argentina immediately after the
Algeria match, so we are going for the best,” he said.
The match against Algeria holds nothing for both countries as
Nigeria had already bagged the sole ticket in the CAF Group B of the
qualifiers while Algeria are merely playing for pride.