'Gernot Rohr Is The Worst Coach In Nigeria History' - Ex-Super Eagles Star Yakubu Aiyegbeni Says

After criticising the German tactician, the previous Super Eagle believes most of the gamers inside the group are just not up to conventional
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Yakubu Aiyegbeni believes coach Gernot Rohr and a significant proportion of Nigeria's national team players are not fit to put on the famous green and white shirt within the wake of their trip against Sierra Leone.

In the current Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in opposition to the Leone Stars, the Super Eagles surrendered a 4-intention lead inside the first leg to accept a 4-4 draw, while the go back leg in Freetown ended zero-0, with Rohr’s crew searching off the tempo in each video games.

Even with the draws, the three-time African champions lead Group L with 8 factors from four games – even though their qualification hopes for Cameroon 2020 is on ice.

Questions had been asked of those calling the photographs in the Super Eagles squad and crucial decisions made on and off the sphere.

And Aiyegbeni, who is Nigeria’s third highest scoring participant of all time believes the German tactician need to take the brunt of the blame for the bad form.

“The coach isn't always good enough, allow him go,” the previous Maccabi Haifa, Everton and Portsmouth striker said on Lagos Talks.

“Some of the men are not properly sufficient, I don’t know wherein they're bringing them from. Who is inviting these gamers?

“Our football is getting worse every day. When I was there, human beings criticise us, but we’re manner higher than those ones.

“The train is not suitable sufficient, no clue. Gernot Rohr is one of the worst coaches in our records. He isn't precise enough.”

Former Gabon and Etoile du Sahel manager Rohr changed Sunday Oliseh because the country’s permanent handler in 2016. He led the Super Eagles to the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia, where they crashed out of a collection that had Argentina, Iceland and Croatia.

He changed into also in charge when Nigeria positioned third on the Egypt 2019 Afcon - wherein they pipped Tunisia 1-zero for the bronze medal.