Nigeria have been talking up the quality of SA ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier on Saturday‚ with German coach Gernot Rohr describing Bafana Bafana as "the best team in the group". Rohr has been with the team since August and despite having led the side in qualifiers against Algeria and Zambia and a friendly with Senegal‚ he says this will be his toughest test yet. "They are the strongest opponent I will face so far as [Super] Eagles coach because they have not lost a match over a long time‚" Rohr said. "I am also aware that they stopped Nigeria from getting to the Afcon in 2015 and that this match is very important to Nigeria. "It will be a big challenge to beat the South Africans. It will be difficult with the young players that we have." He said captain John Obi Mikel and the first-choice goalkeeper, Carl Ikeme, were out of the match because of injury. Aside from the valuable three points on offer in a bid to reach the 2019 Nations Cup in Cameroon‚ Rohr said...
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