By John Egbokhan, Asaba
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president, Amaju Pinnick has disagreed with the Super Eagles Manager, Gernot Rohr over the latter’s comments that the Nigerian team are not favourites to win the 2019 African Cup of Nations trophy this summer in Egypt.
The Super Eagles were the first team to qualify for the tournament on the continent and at the weekend they put the ice on the cake by beating Seychelles 3-1 to finish top of a group which also has South Africa and Libya.
But despite these bright sparks by the team, Coach Rohr has consistently maintained that his team were not amongst the four favourites to lift the AFCON trophy in Egypt and at the weekend further impressed it upon fans that it would be stupid of him to believe that his charges were good to go for the top honours in African football.
“We are not among the favourites to win the Nations Cup…
