World Cup Qualifier: Rohr Analyzes Super Eagles Foes

However, Rohr is fully aware – with full respect to Cape Verde – that there are no longer minnows in African football.

“I saw the groups, There are some very tough groups when I see Cameroon and Ivory Coast together.

“Our group is also a tough group because Cape Verde is a very good team. They have very good players playing in Portugal, some of them in France. So it will not be easy to beat this good team of Cape Verde.”

Rohr and his men know the Liberians a bit having claimed a 2-1 win in a 2018 friendly match arranged to retire the Lone Star’s number 14 jersey made famous by George Weah.

“It was not easy against Liberia when we went there for the last match of the president. We won it, but it was not easy.”

Nigeria have never met the Central African Republic (CAR) before and it is the unpredictability of the 109th-ranked Wild Beasts that worries Rohr.

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“They (CAR) don’t have anything to lose so that can make them play without fear and be very dangerous,” Rohr added.

Nevertheless, Rohr insists he’s confident the team will scale through despite the unpredictability of the other teams in the group.

“I am very confident but very careful at the same time,” the coach said. “I am confident because our team is on the right way and they will progress.

“We have to work very hard, prepare well like we did the last edition. It is very important to start well. When you win the first game, it is very good. But I am confident because our team is young and has some players already with World Cup experience.”