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Familiar Rohr mistakes almost sabotage Super Eagles in Sfax

Nigeria came out of the blocks quickly and looked to be cruising, but the German's inability to react to the game's ebb and flow haunts his side

COMMENT By Solace Chukwu Follow on Twitter

Nigeria may now be in pole position to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since 2013, but they certainly made heavy work of it in Sfax.

There may well be a lesson here, in rising from adversity, in eking it out in a fashion that had not been done previously under this management.