Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) not to sack him following the team's
exit from the 2018 World Cup.
Rohr's men were eliminated following a 2-1 defeat to Argentina on Tuesday night.
The German, who has been in charge of the Super Eagles since 2016,
said the team was moving in the right direction and that he wants to
continue as coach with the 2019 African Cup of Nations as his
immediate target.
"It's a big disappointment, my team did the best, played a very good
second half and are missing a few minutes to have qualified. I am
proud of my players. We played well in the second half, we are missing
a bit of experience, we have a young team and I think these kind of
matches are building the character of the team and in four years they
will be very strong.
"I would like to continue because I have a good feeling with this
team. We have players who are very young doing well. It's a good
cocktail of youth, passion and discipline. We have never had any
problems.
"We lost the first game, worked very hard to be better in the second
and they did so well that we hoped to come through against Argentina.
"Like you see, we miss a bit of experience in the last minutes, but
this is building the character and we will learn and be better in the
next cup – the AFCON – and I hope we will do well in this
competition," he told reporters in St. Petersburg.
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