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. 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, 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 will play her second game on Friday June 22 against Iceland at the Volgograd Arena. Only an outright win can keep the Super Eagles hopes of staying in the competition alive.