Head coach of Nigeria, Gernot Rohr, has revealed that ‘teamwork’ will be his side’s strength at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Egypt.
He also admitted that his team does not have stars like Nigeria legends, Jay-Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, or Daniel Amokachi.
Rohr told CAF’s official website: ”I think lot of teams can dream of winning the trophy. We have the experience from the FIFA World Cup but again, we have a young team. We were the youngest at the World Cup and probably, we will still be the youngest at the AFCON.
”We don’t have stars like in the past where Nigeria had the likes of Austin ‘Jay-Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, or Daniel Amokachi.
”We have to work with what we have and take a game at a time. I am hoping we can go far with this strategy. We have a young team and teamwork is our strength.”
Rohr’s men will tackle debutant Burundi in their AFCON opener on June 22.
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