Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr has insisted that playing a three-man defence against Croatia was not the best decision.

Gernot Rohr was reacting to criticisms surrounding his choice of 4-2-3-1 formation for the 2-0 defeat to the Europeans in their Group D opener on Saturday night.

Former Nigeria captain, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha questioned the decision of the coach not to go with a 3-5-2, which has suited the team best in friendly games.

However, Gernot Rohr has argued that they did not concede in open play, so the blame cannot be on the system.

“We didn’t concede in normal play, we conceded only two goals from set pieces. This is not a question of tactics or system. Our system was okay, we cannot play with three (at the back) when there is only one centre forward.

“We played with four defenders because there were three Croatian strikers who are very strong. I was satisfied with the organisation of the team but what we missed in the game is being professional from set pieces. Each game is different. We know we can play with three centre backs but it was not a good day (Saturday) to do that,”

the German told reporters.

https://lailasnews.com/world-cup-gernot-rohr-fires-back-as-okocha-criticizes-4-2-3-1-formation/

What Ever Tactic You Want To Use, I Want To See The Super Eagles In The Semi Final. You Can't Afford To Let The Famous Pig Down.

When Okocha talks Rohr should keep quiet

So basically Rohr says he prefers to draw that match ? Isi ewu

Why?...Make Okocha cum coach na make we see wetin he go do...naso Oliseh criticise cum fail for super eagles.... It is easier said than done

Mumu still justifying himself instead of listening to advise. The slowpoke didn't learn anything from the friendlies, England first goal along with Czech Republic goal were both set piece and you didn't have the time to correct the mistakes?

Gernot Rohr is not very clever

The set pieces were not exclusive events, the corner kicks came about because we did not control the game. May be in a 3-5-2 formation those corner will not have happened at the time they happened

Omeruo played in Middlesbrough and has experience of defending long balls. He is also a World Cup veteran but somehow not good enough to start. Please we need Omeruo in a 3 man back line

Ahmed Musa is a key player for us. We need his pace for 90 minutes, not 20 minutes. Another World Cup veteran sitting on the bench. He scored 2 against almighty Argentina at the last World Cup

Lack of wing play killed us. Iwobi is not a winger

We need Ebuehi, Musa, Moses in the pitch to give us some pace

How many times did Modric play a straight long ball to Shehu wing?

Croatia clearly knew Shehu Abdullahi was a weak link!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwpW5SZJEKc

Stori Aye!

We need people like Sergio Ramos on our national team

we did not concede in normal play we concede in abnormal play abi

Pfff...Oyibo man nor be league be this oh, this is not a platform to test tactics and formation btw do something about that victor moses falling every seconds like ogbanje wey Dey e period.

i tot rhor is our Messiah...make him take time o

@the mention of Okocha's name, FTC was flooded.

It's high time Okocha takes over super eagles coaching.

Shut up anumpama!! Your tactics were wrong. You should've played Mikel deeper and Iwobi as a 10.
Dumb man, 3 CBs with Ogu would've been able to morph to a 4-3-3 with the right selections.
This man is pissing me off the more I listen to him

heheh..

If you like play 2, 4, 6, 8, we can't let the pig down

Na here we go see people wey think say them be better coach.. but never coach primary school team before

dingbang:
We need people like Sergio Ramos on our national team

no thanks i will option for Cristiano Ronaldo

This Gernot Rohr sef!

The match against England changed when we switched to 3-5-2. We defeated Argentina with the same formation. Mikel had no business playing in an advanced role with Iwobi on the pitch.

The Wing backs were not supporting the wingers and Ighalo was isolated in the attack. Ebuehi is a preferable option to Abdullahi.

A 3-5-2 would have choked the midfield for the Croatians and allowed wide spaces during Nigerian attacks while stopping long balls from the Croatians. We would have also had an extra man when defending except during counter attacks.

Going forward, the Icelandic team seem to be better at long balls than the Croats. They have the height advantage and would want to score from set pieces. I was disappointed in the Croats and think that Iceland would want to take the advantage of the draw with Argentina and qualify from the group. There is no time for show by thw SE or useless long balls.

Let's play the African way. We are not good at long balls. We pass the ball around.

The moment o saw this formation, I knew were in for a long thing

Hi

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BeingFrank:
What Ever Tactic You Want To Use, I Want To See The Super Eagles In The Semi Final. You Can't Afford To Let The Famous Pig Down.

Ndonu101:
Gernot Rohr is not very clever

The set pieces were not exclusive events, the corner kicks came about because we did not control the game. May be in a 3-5-2 formation those corner will not have happened at the time they happened

Omeruo played in Middlesbrough and has experience of defending long balls. He is also a World Cup veteran but somehow not good enough to start. Please we need Omeruo in a 3 man back line

Ahmed Musa is a key player for us. We need his pace for 90 minutes, not 20 minutes. Another World Cup veteran sitting on the bench. He scored 2 against almighty Argentina at the last World Cup

Lack of wing play killed us. Iwobi is not a winger

We need Ebuehi, Musa, Moses in the pitch to give us some pace

Nice one

he said only two goals