Ahead of Saturday’s straight knockout match with Cameroon, Gernot Rohr from this Thursday has put the Super Eagles in seclusion.
In Brazil, as explained by the legendary Pele, this is called ‘concentracåo’. This limits the players’ to the cam and having minimal contact with external persons.
The players are confined to their rooms to observe siesta from 2pm to 4pm and no loitering or receiving of visitor is permitted.
It cannot be immediately understood, the extent this will affect the delegation that the Nigerian Government is sending to meet the team and resolve any issue bordering finance.
The players on Wednesday had interaction with the media, friends and relatives ahead of the seclusion that takes effect from Thursday. They had a closed-door training session on Thursday where even the media were shot out.
Before then, the first 15 minutes of their training sessions were open to the media.
The regimented life is expected to be in force till the make or break duel with Cameroon on Saturday. The team already has a tough path to take to the final match.
A win on Saturday will possibly see them facing hosts and most successful country of the tournament, Egypt in the quarterfinals.
