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By Amaechi Agbo

Coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr has expressed satisfaction with his boys commitment towards picking the needed ticket for the next year’s Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON in Cameroon after they went unbeaten to pick Group L spot.

The team recorded no loss in 2021 AFCON qualifiers, which included two clean sheets in the final rounds and the German has said that he would consolidate the feat

Nigeria were runaway winners of Group L with 14 points from six matches.

“To win 3-0 against Lesotho was a good result. We did not concede a goal and we wanted to be more solid after our two games in November (vs Sierra Leone),” Rohr remarked.

“We did two clean sheets, which was good for the stability and balance of the team.

“To also score three goals not from set pieces was also interesting.”

“We recorded four wins and two draws, same as we did for the (2018) World Cup qualifiers.

“Again, we qualified before the two last games and were unbeaten away.

“We thank Nigerians for their support even after the two draws (with Sierra Leone).

“We want to continue to be always the best.”

Nigeria were grouped along side Sierra Leone, Benin Republic and Lesotho in Group L. the 2019 bronze winners topped the group with 14 points from available 18 after drawing two matches against Sierra Leone in November last year.

Nigeria defeated Benin and Lesotho home and away but failed to record a single victory against the Leone Stars after playing a 4-4 draw in Benin, Edo State and a barren draw in Freetown all in November 2019.