The Super Eagles of Nigeria will today play the last game of a successful AFCON 2022 qualifiers when they take on Lesotho in Lagos in a dead rubber tie.
Nigeria has already qualify for the tournament in Cameroon with two games to spare following the 0-0 draw between Lesotho and Benin Republic prior to their game against Sierra Leone.
Nonetheless, Nigeria still defeated Benin Republic 1-0 courtesy of a late goal from Paul Onuachu in the third and final minute of time added on as they maintain their unbeaten run in the qualifiers.
Ahead of today’s game, Rohr has confirmed that Rangers of Scotland midfielder Joe Aribo won’t be in the lineup due to a stomach issue with Alex Iwobi also feared out after failing a coronavirus test.
Henry Onyekuru will keep his spot according to Rohr, who also confirmed that he won’t be making too many changes as he see the game as the first step in their preparations for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
“The training was okay, we had a long time getting here because we want to beat traffic. We had one hour, fifteen minutes of good work”, Rohr said after yesterday’s training.
“ Unfortunately one player is not with the team which is Joe Aribo he has stomach problems. So we are not sure to make him play tomorrow and we are also waiting for the result of Alex Iwobi coronavirus test. If he is not, we will play again Henry Onyekuru on the left side like we did the other day.
“ We will change a little bit but I want to bring the best team as we are already preparing for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. We will start in June, end of May we will be here again to start preparations for the game against Libya then go to Central Africa.
“So already is a preparation. We don’t have so many games. So I cannot give the chance to play to everybody. Some of our players are still missing. Our wingers Simon Moses , Samuel Kalu perhaps Iwobi again and then we will see. There’s already space to see other solutions like we saw in Benin Republic so we will be ready for the match”.