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Rohr Goes Tough on ‘Misbehaving’ Eagles
That is why the experienced Franco-German coach has fixed training camp in Abuja for next month’s crucial World Cup qualifier against Algeria even though it will be played in Uyo.
Also, the big hotel in Uyo has made it very difficult for the players to be fully monitored by officials leading up to a match day.
“Rohr has been far from impressed with some of the Super Eagles stars who have chosen to report late to camp citing the difficulty of connecting local flights to Uyo,” an official of the team revealed at the weekend toAfricanFootball.com.
“By having the squad all in Abuja now, they will all leave for Uyo as a group some days to a big game.
Another top official informed that the team’s hotel in Abuja is a lot more compact as against the hotel in Uyo, which is big and sprawling and so gives room for the players to whatever they choose even before a big game.
“The hotel in Uyo is just too big for you to monitor what the players are up to at any given point in time, while that in Abuja you can easily check any misbehavior and excesses,” said the official.
He subsequently dropped the Eagles assistant captain to the bench for the match in Ndola.
The Eagles training camp will open on Sunday night, November 6, and training is slated to begin Monday morning.
The squad will then fly out to Uyo on Thursday ahead of the showdown against Algeria on Saturday.