The Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) Technical Committee
will soon meet to deliberate on the Russia 2018 World Cup programme submitted
by Super Eagles’ Coach, Gernot Rohr.
The technical committee chairman, Ahmed Fresh told reporters
in Abuja that the Franco-German has submitted his plan for the World Cup,
including the processes that could lead to the country’s best performance ever
at the global football festival.
Fresh said the NFF was ready to support the coach to achieve
his programme, promising that the committee would work in tandem with Rohr to
ensure Nigeria surpassed the second round finish it achieved in previous
editions of the World Cup.
On Wednesday, NFF President, Amaju Pinnick revealed plans to
organise at least five friendly matches for the Super Eagles before the World
Cup.
The Super Eagles last week defeated Argentina 4-2 in their
first post qualification friendly game with Coach Rohr saying that more of such
games would aid their build up to the competition.
Pinnick said: “We are looking at a minimum of playing five
top class friendlies before the World Cup proper.
“We are looking at countries that are above us in the
ranking and countries that are in the top 10 of world football ranking and
countries that are in the World Cup as well.”
He added that some countries have been approached and the
NFF is expecting to tie down dates for those games.
Meanwhile, Nigeria has dropped to number 50 in the latest
FIFA rankings despite its excellent performance in the World Cup qualifiers and
the recent 4-2 defeat of Argentina in a friendly game.
In the latest FIFA ranking released yesterday, Nigeria
dropped from 41st to 50th in the world and eighth in Africa. Countries like
Congo DR, Burkina Faso, and even Cameroun are ranked above Nigeria.
The ranking, though, will have no impact on the World Cup
group stage draw billed for December 1.
According to the ranking, the top five teams in Africa are
Senegal, Tunisia, Egypt, Congo DR and Morocco.
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