Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr says the team has players who can influence the dressing room for good when the morale of the team is down.
Rohr made this known while discussing the impact of players off the pitch and character that teams need to show as a unit to achieve results on the pitch.
The Franco-German coach picked out five players including captain of the team Ahmed Musa before playing down the influence of Musa saying as the captain it’s part of his responsibility.
“ We have big players that young players look up due to their commitment and Musa lead the way but you have to understand he is the captain. He has to do that and when he is not around Ekong (William Troost) has to fill that spot”, Rohr told Owngoalngeria.com.
“ Then you have other big time players who inspire the team a lot like Wilfred Ndidi, Moses Simon, Alex Iwobi and Leon Balogun. When you see how they train, play and act on the pitch as a young player they set the standard to follow and off the pitch they are model professionals”, he concluded.
