Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr says he will use the Friday’s friendly game against Cameroon to access players who have been called up to the team for the first time.
The coach made this known after their first training session in Austria ahead of the game. He said the absence of some regular players have opened the door for him to hand debut to players who are new in the team.
He said the need to try new players is so because the team will not have another opportunity to test players ahead of the start of the World Cup 2022 qualifiers, where they will play against Liberia and Cape Verde respectively in their first two games.
“ This test match as you can see many players are not here. It’s an opportunity for us to try other players to see new faces and they will have the chance to show something”, Rohr said.
“It’s always important to prepare very well for the World Cup qualifiers. It’s the last opportunity now to do something, to test to prepare well for our World Cup qualifiers against Liberia and Cape Verde. So we must use this opportunity to be ready to have a good competition in the team”.
His statement will no doubt encourage the new players which is the duo of Terem Moffi and Marcus Abraham as they will know they are in the frame for their debut on Friday.
