The immediate past Governor
of Akwa Ibom State and serving senator Dr Godswill Akpabio has urged the newly
assembled Super Eagles players to embrace discipline and hard-work in order to
succeed under the new dispensation of coach Gernot Rohr, Completeportsnigeria.com
reports.
The Nigerians host Tanzania
in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Uyo on Saturday. Both teams have been
eliminated as Egypt got their group's only ticket.
Akpabio who made a surprise
visit to the team's Le Meridien Hotel camp on Thursday evening advised the
players to shun any act which is inimical to the team's objectives and
responsible for the failures of the past.
He said: "In the game
against South Africa the last time here, some players went clubbing and
drinking and didn't get back until around 4.am in the morning of the match. How
do you expect such players to last 45 minutes on the pitch, let alone win a
crucial game of that nature? We must learn from this type of attitude and turn
a new leaf."
The senator also met with
members of the technical crew and formally welcomed Rohr to Nigeria.
"I met the coach and
his staff a while ago and I'm happy he's a German. We all know the Germans for
their discipline and I'm sure he's technically gifted before the NFF contracted
him so we are sure that we are in for a good time," the former governor
said.
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