{"id":34016,"date":"2024-05-26T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T09:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/2026-wcq-rohr-unveils-benin-squad-for-super-eagles-clash\/"},"modified":"2024-05-26T09:00:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T09:00:30","slug":"2026-wcq-rohr-unveils-benin-squad-for-super-eagles-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/2026-wcq-rohr-unveils-benin-squad-for-super-eagles-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 WCQ: Rohr unveils Benin squad for Super Eagles clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The head coach for the Republic of Benin, Gernot Rohr has unveiled a 25-man squad for his side\u2019s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying fixtures against Rwanda and Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Rohr, who was previously in charge of the Super Eagles, named 19 foreign-based players and six local stars in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Experienced forward Steve Mounie, Nigerian-born duo, Ayegun Tosin and Samson Akinyoola are among the players listed by the German tactician.<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1099935\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240526_065541.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240526_065541.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240526_065541-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240526_065541-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240526_065541-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/p>\n<p>The Squirrels are winless in Group C and must win the two upcoming fixtures to boost their chances of qualifying for the World Cup for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Rohr\u2019s side will host Group C leaders Amavubi of Rwanda at the Stade Felix Houphouet Boigny on Thursday, June 6.<\/p>\n<p>They will also entertain neighbours, Nigeria at the same venue four days later<\/p>\n<p>2026 WCQ: Rohr unveils Benin squad for Super Eagles clash<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head coach for the Republic of Benin, Gernot Rohr has unveiled a 25-man squad for his side\u2019s 2026 FIFA&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15803,15,8391,160,869],"tags":[5823,873,180,8392,201,347,870],"class_list":["post-34016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-benin-squad","category-news","category-rohr","category-sport","category-super-eagles","tag-benin","tag-eagles","tag-news","tag-rohr","tag-sport","tag-squad","tag-super"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}