Standings in Group C is delicately poised  with South Africa leading with 16 points ,pending three points deduction  for  using an ineligible player , while Rohr’s Benin are second with 11 points  and Nigeria on 10 points  ahead of today’s  crucial fixtures.

Rohr who was  two matches ,against Ghana ,away from securing another  ticket for Nigeria  to Qatar 2022  before  he parted ways with the Nigeria Football Federation NFF, said it would be travesty if some of the current players in the  Super Eagles fail to make it to the 2026 Mundial.

According to Rohr, “Nigeria have fantastic players  like  Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman , Alex Iwobi  and the rest and I think these players deserve to go  to the  next World Cup, they should put up with the pressure against South Africa.”

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The vastly experienced  coach  has faulted  the fixture  arrangements  in Group C  which appeared to have favoured  Bafana Bafana  that have played almost all their qualifiers on their home soil  since  both Lesotho and Zimbabwe have no CAF approved stadium back home.

Rohr added that, “There is no equity  in our group. South Africa have played almost seven or eight games on their own soil.
They have travelled less than the other countries in the group because  Lesotho and Zimbabwe  are both using South Africa as their  home bases .”

Source: The Nation