Former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr says the decision to sack him as coach of the senior national team of Nigeria after almost six years at the helm still remains one of the mistakes made by the former board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Rohr was fired just a month to the Africa Cup of Nations and two months from the World Cup qualifiers playoff and Nigeria went ahead to crash out in the first knock round of the AFCON before losing out on a ticket to the world cup after a 1-1 draw with Ghana in Abuja.
Newly appointed as coach of the senior national team of Benin Republic, the German coach told Osasu Obayiuwana that the decision to relieve him off his appointment hasn’t worked out so far.
Nigeria have gone from Austine Eguavoen to Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro but in over a year the team has only won three games and only recently lost 0-1 against Guinea Bissau although they made amends by winning the reverse tie 1-0 yesterday in Bissau.
“Firing me before the AFCON was a mistake. But it’s too late now.” Was he sad about Nigeria’s loss to Guinea-Bissau? Of course!
“I was watching a programme on @SuperSportTV (I reckon it was your programme, @chaplinez70) and heard people saying, still, that sacking me was a mistake,” he said”, Osasu said in a series of tweets on his verified handle on Twitter.
Mohammed Mowiz
