Former Super Eagles’ striker, Daniel Amokachi has expressed satisfaction with the array of talented young players on offer to the team, but opined that the coach, Gernot Rohr will have problems selecting the best possible starting line-up at each point in time, megasportsarena.com reports.
‘The Bull’ enthused that the Eagles will not find it difficult qualifying for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, but went on to warn that reaching the right combination of players for each match will be a dilemma for Rohr.
The ex-DIC Bees of Kaduna, Club Brugge of Belgium, Everton of England and Besiktas of Turkey all-action attacker added that Rohr will have to be firm in his choice of players for each match, considering that his vast collection of skilful and effective lads could pose a challenge in making the right decisions on who to drop and who to play.
He, however, reckoned that the rare Nigerian fighting spirit and winning mentality should see the side through the AFCON 2021 qualifiers, where they have already won their first two matches and next play Sierra Leone home and away in August 2020, such that ‘Amo-Taxi’ insists the real work for Rohr will only come at the championship proper in Cameroon.
Amokachi, who has since handled Nigeria’s B-squad and a club in Finland, told Brila FM: “There should be no problem in Nigeria qualifying for AFCON. Making it to AFCON is not the problem, but the problem is how to employ the talents we have in the right way. How do we achieve the right choice of players on the pitch to get the results we want.”