Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr says the Super Eagles of Nigeria desire to be the number one ranked team by FIFA after the latest ranking placed them as 3rd in Africa.
Yesterday FIFA published the latest rankings for the month of April with Nigeria retaining their position as 3rd in Africa after placing 32nd in the world.
Senegal and Tunisia were the only African teams rated higher than the Super Eagles is Nigeria but Rohr insist the aim of his team is to be the number one in Africa.
“ When I arrived we were out of the top ten in Africa that was 2016. Now we have just two teams ahead of us but we want to be top. It’s not going to be easy because other teams are also improving”, Rohr told Owngoalnigeria.com.
“ The result we want is to continue to work hard and be the number one in Africa with results and also big performance when we play competitive and friendly games”.