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2026 WCQ: We Will Play For A Win Against Super Eagles – Rohr

Benin Republic head coach Gernot Rohr says his side will go into Monday’s clash with the Super Eagles as underdogs but they will target a win.

Benin Republic will host the Eagles in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on matchday 4 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Rohr’s side will go into the fixture on the back of a 1-0 win against Rwanda which place them in third place on four points.

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For the Eagles, they are yet to record a win after drawing all their three games and are in fifth place.

Looking ahead to the game, Rohr said I. His pre-match press conference: ”Nigeria is a great team. We are the underdogs but we will play tomorrow to win.”

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Rohr was in charge of the Eagles from 2016 to 2021 and qualified them for the 2019 and 2021 AFCONs.

He led the team to a third-placed finish in 2019 but was sacked just few weeks before the start of the AFCON 2021.

Also, he qualified the Eagles for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

 

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