Troost-Ekong and Collins rule out conflict between Nigeria and Cameroon

Due to injuries, William Trost-Ekon and Jamilo Collins were excluded from Nigeria’s second round of the international friendly against Cameroon.

The Watford and Paderborn stars suffered different blows when they bowed 1-0 to the indomitable Lions at the Wiener Neustadt Stadium on Friday – Andre-Frank Zambou Angela’s Efforts to solve the game in the first half.

While Collins was in action from start to finish, Trost-Ekon was replaced in the 90th minute by Galatasaray centre-back Valentin Ozonwafo, who was leading his Super Eagles team. Show.

Coach Gernot Rohr confirmed this development and revealed that he will try a new approach against Toni Conceicao players on Tuesday.

“Unfortunately, we lost the injuries of the other two players. The defense in the second game will be difficult because Ekong and Collins are out; they can’t play, so I think we have to deal with this difficult situation,” The German tactician said in an interview with the media. Brila Fm.

“But it will be an opportunity, maybe just to play with three defenders and change the system slightly; try different things, that’s why we are happy to have a second game.”

In addition, Rohr gained a positive side from the loss of the Super Eagles, and five times the African Kings said he was satisfied with the performance around him.

“The most important thing is not the result, because it was just a test match. It was interesting to see some new players because we had to control the situation and we did a good job,” Rohr told Super Eagles media team.

“I think we have 17 shots and Cameroon has only 3, they only hit the target once, and we shot the target 6 times.

“As I said, in friendly matches, the result is not the most important thing. The most important thing is to learn, see some interesting things, test some new players, and see what qualifiers we want to do for the World Cup in September.

“Our dominance is not good enough because we have to score at the beginning of the game, but we didn’t score. If you don’t score, you will be punished.”

Nigeria will face Mexico at the Los Angeles Memorial Stadium on July 3, and then face Cape Verde and Liberia in the World Cup qualifiers in September 2022.