Ex-England World Cup Star Worried For Rohr Ahead Of Nigeria Vs Iceland Match

Published: June 20, 2018

Former England World Cup star Paul Robinson is worried for Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr following his side's 2-0 loss to Croatia in their World Cup opener, and has predicted that the three-time African champions can only finish second in the group.

After conceding an unfortunate own goal in the first half, the Super Eagles dictated play in the first fifteen minutes of the second half, only for the Croats to double their advantage in the 71st minute through a penalty goal from Luka Modrić.

Speaking as an analyst on beIN Sports, Robinson said : ''I think Nigeria are going to struggle in this group looking at that performance. An opening game you expect pace, tempo.

''Quality-wise, technically wise, they are not as good as Croatia, but you expect to make up with something else and they didn't. If I was their manager, I would be worried for the coming games.

''They got Argentina and Iceland in the group, we are talking Argentina are going to top it, at best they are going to be coming second and they are going to need two results to do that which I can't see them get after tonight's performance.''

Nigeria and Iceland will face off at the Volgograd Arena, Volgograd on Friday, June 22.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel