AFCON qualifier: Rohr bars journalists, fans from training

Super Eagles gaffer Gernot Rohr has banned sportswriters  and football fans from the team training ground at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos as the team strategize ahead of the crucial encounter against Benin Republic for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying clash.

The team’s first training session on Tuesday was opened to the media and fans, but henceforth it wlll be a closed door affairs  to ensure maximum concentration.

All the 24 invited players are now in camp following Kelechi Iheanacho’s arrival on Tuesday morning..

The players and their officials will depart Lagos for Porto Novo on Friday morning through waterways.

Saturday’s match at the Charles de Gaulle Stadium in Porto-Novo will kick off by 5pm.

Nigeria lead the qualifying group with eight points, while Benin are a point behind.

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