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Soccer News of Friday, 21 May 2021

Source: brila.net

Rohr to select NPFL players for the friedly against Mexico

Gernot Rohr has confirmed he will select players from the local league to face Mexico Gernot Rohr has confirmed he will select players from the local league to face Mexico

Super Eagles coach is planning to field Nigeria professional football league players for the international friendly match against Mexico.

Nigeria and Mexico are lock horns together engage at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in California in July, but Rohr insisted that he could parade the home-based players for the encounter.

It could be impossible to parade the first-team players.

Rohr said the timing of the friendly is not good for some of his European-based players as they will be on vacation or with their clubs in pre-season ahead of the new season.

“To get the Super Eagles in Europe is impossible,” Rohr told ESPN.

“They will all be in pre-season with their clubs. So I will be able only to make selection of players from Nigeria.” He said.

Rohr is so expected to lead the Super Eagles out in another high-profile friendly match against Cameroon in Austria next month.