Gernot Roha and Austin Eguavon on Nigeria VS Benin POSTMATCH BRIEFING #supereagles #cheetahs #afcon

already is 30-0 it's a hard result for us because uh we conceded the first goal in the additional time of the first half and it was uh a shock a little bit for my team I think and then the team of Nigeria could start the second half in confidence uh this Victory is without any discussion uh when I see coming in player like you saw coming in M Simon De the bench you have here in Nigeria is fantastic and we don't have that but uh my young team is learning I think what we showed against the super Eagles in Aban in June was full of uh hope and full of future and now we have to learn from the mistakes today when we miss one or two players who are important players like it was the case today for injuries they were not here it's becoming difficult but the game in the second half after the goal we tried to to react and we had some opportunities but we saw that uh the super Eagles were well organized defensively and uh so the result is what it is for us the most important is to finish second in the group that's why on Tuesday against Libya we have to win absolutely the match in AB unfortunately we cannot play in konu the stadium is not ready so it's not easy for the team to play all the time somewhere else when I saw the crowd here in uyo the wonderful public who is pushing the team we don't have that but they must be strong and they must be able to win the games even in a neutral place yes you are the one coach happy to have you back here thank you you look younger than you the last time I saw you all right coach uh the team that beat you today and the team you beating comp that's a different team four or five players were not there in Aban that were here today when you don't have your usual Captain when you don't have uh Simon Moses when you don't have B bashiru when you don't have other players who played today uh it was a different team and also they played at home with a supports with wonderful crowd it's different and I think that uh we also didn't have the same defense we missed Mohamed Tani which is a very important player he was injured so we don't have so many big players like you have in Nigeria that was the difference VI thank you very much have a question if not go to who is okay Coach car um you've had a good run for the World Cup qualifiers and of course you came into this game on back of two wins against Rwanda against Nigeria yes yesterday you talked about Niger strong team most especially they played at home but this win a 3 Wing does it do does it do anything to dampen the spirit of your boys for the African no because we knew that with all these players who were here today who were not in Aban it's a different team we played against so uh no they made some good uh things in the beginning of the second half we started to control the game we made some mist takes in the defense and they have to learn we have a very young team I put in this team uh several players from the under 20 and I think they will learn in such games and uh already on Tuesday there must be a reaction we go to play again in Aban against Libya unfortunately we have only three days between the two games like you and the our opponents they had five days to recover so uh it's it's not equality sportively you understand because I have much more time to to recover than us our two teams but it's like that we have to handle with it what I didn't understand the question what we what we learned from this game ah I think uh we will analyze this game of course in the video at first there some mistakes on the goals and the second one and the third one you know I think there were defensively some mistakes we have to avoid but I want to see again the match make the video analyis to speak with the players and uh but when you see the two teams the quality the level of the players from Nigeria is much higher than our level we have to be honest and we have to be humble okay good evening everyone um I think uh we prepared to win the game uh we respect Benin last time we played against them they uh they won the game uh but yeah like I said maybe only yesterday um that I have you know we have great belief in our team we have great belief in our coach um he's like a family member who's come back to us now and we knew we had to take the responsibility today um I think uh with the attacking talent that we have uh you know we don't have to name them but I think everybody knows uh how dangerous we are that if we play well we um we try our best to uh to keep the door shut to the back we're going to create chances and we'll score so uh yeah I have a great belief that if we give the boys enough balls up front that they'll put them away and I think today was uh uh a good indication of uh of the direction that we want to head in and and a first step uh of many that we have to take to be back at AFCO thank you I saw starting and I first thing came into my mindset is this is the same team this is the permission we used at the last is cup and I think you just tilted it a bit to play this game tell me was that the mindset of the players before going to this game that coach you are more comfortable with this kind of formation to play you see formation is only information and um we have players with quality you can decide to play in any system this is something we discussed and I also observed I slept over it and and I know you know with the caliber of players that we have we can decide to play any formation and be successful thank you my name is sports coach coming into this game with series of Po results this result is this a moral booster going forward when you say poor results it doesn't sound right how many poor results you've not won in the last four matches well you know football you have three outcomes you win you lose you can draw but again I'm not going to say that the former crew wasn't doing a good job it has to do with believe one has to do with what's at stake you start with any mind what you want to achieve and collectively psychologically we know as a group we we're in an agreement where we are now and where we want to be so won't go with that mindset definitely we definitely achieve it thank you okay okay Coach Abraham Joseph for back first question for you sir um only one question please quickly so you've come in as inter manager and then in just the space of let's say a week since most Nigerians knew that you were taking charge after what we saw happen was with the former previous suspected manager how have you been able to steady the ship all of a sudden from our recent uh lackluster results and now a 3 new win with the clean sheets it speaks so high how you to do that and then for William sorry you pleas go yes yeah you know the players are always there and um you know when much is expected from Nigerians that's where we see performance people been you know we've been getting a lot of backlash and then the boys didn't know it and we know we have the Cali quality to be able to beat any but we respect teams anyway so anybody can come in and do the same job it's not a problem there a mindset we have the potentials it's how you you know check out your opponent and give information and then they will go out and do the job thank you only two more after this only two questions one for woman coach congratulations for the result fantastic performance in the forward uh what would you say about the combination in the defense with what about what about the other Defenders now bring back to well the combination is always going to be there whoever comes in there's an understanding we've been training for one week and that is not new he was here in the alcom in Cameroon so you've worked with him before now and there's that Synergy whoever comes in we only give Specific Instructions just go out and and and then play at you have good eyes huh I understand I understand say you have very good eyes but you see from beginning of of second half I've told six players to warm up was you know among them but we have to buy time you don't even you don't have to rush into changes because being a republic today the surprise is a very good te I watch them against us in AB they were not as good as this so they came with a good game plan so today's performance for them was very okay and then um I knew at some point we're going to sub IND but somebody who's coming in has to be properly warmed and prepared thank you final final question okay I'm Victor from football inter Africa so sir um do you have that innermost confidence that you might if they give you the B to leave the team to half2 about please yellow man yellow I like to say congrulations thank you sir uh my question is maximum changes in this fure what does it mean to your team you know um it's a game of 90 minutes I must stretch with at the time so we must try to use every opportunity that we have so at some point in time when we see recognize weaknesses in team in in opponent so that's the right time to bring in players thank you very much congratulations again coach and Captain and question for question for the team uh like I said from the start we have a feels like a family you know uh when we come together same the coach said we have so many options so many good players and um yeah as one of the older players now is my responsibility to make sure everybody settles in well and uh try to be an extension of the coach on the side of the pitch and uh today to get a win um is great I think it's something that we believed in I think we uh we had some doubts from uh from your side as always U but I ask everyone to to stay behind the team to keep supporting us I think uh with your support we've shown that we do so well even just 6 months ago in in the afcon and uh yeah from what I see now and how I see the boys training and how I see the togetherness of the team um I just hope that everyone hope and pray everyone uh stays to support the team as they've been doing now and uh yeah I think we'll continue to be on a good course thank you