The home-based Super Eagles have been urged to look beyond the 4-0 defeat to Mexico on Sunday and focus on the upcoming World Cup qualifier slated for September.
Head coach of the national team, Gernot Rohr stated this while reacting to his side’s humiliating defeat at the 75,000 capacity – LA Coliseum, USA.
The 68-year-old German tactician assured that some home-based Eagles will be considered for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
“Mexico is number eleven in the world and they showed why. Our young team is the best professional players from Nigeria playing at home.
“They tried to so well, they learnt a lot and I saw some interesting players who could be part of the next World Cup qualifiers in September.”
He added: “In September, we will have the World Cup qualifiers and we will start at home against Liberia on the third in Lagos and few days later, we will go to Cape Verde for the second game.
“We have a group of four teams and we have to finish first in this group and then progress to the play-off where we will play against any team from the other nine group.
“We want to qualify for the World Cup like the last time and then meet teams like Mexico who showed how good they are with their movement, speed, fitness and technique. So it was a good lesson for our local players today and I think that Mexico are one of the favourites for the Concacaf Gold Cup.”
