We’ll beat Benin – Onuachu

Paul Onuachu

Nigeria striker, Paul Onuachu, has expressed confidence of a victory against Benin on Monday (today) while also looking forward to reuniting with former coach Gernor Rohr, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.

The Super Eagles failed to win for the third consecutive time on Friday after getting dragged to a 1-1 draw against South Africa at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in  Uyo.

It was Nigeria’s third consecutive draw in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, and it has put pressure on their chances of qualifying for the World Cup.

Coach Finidi George and his boys have the perfect game to use to bounce back. They play Benin at the Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny in Ivory Coast, a fixture which they are favourites to win on paper.

Ahead of the fixture against Benin, Onuachu, who started the game against South Africa has stated that he is looking forward to meeting Rohr. It was the Franco-German tactician that gave him his Super Eagles debut in 2019.

Nonetheless, Onuachu will leave the pleasantries for outside the pitch, as he is targeting a win.

“It will be good to see him again and say hello because he gave me my first call-up. I thank him for that and I appreciate him. But that doesn’t stop us from going there and beat him,” Onuachu told Nigerian journalist Modo Victor.

Gernot Rohr was Nigeria’s coach from 2016 to 2021 when he was sacked.

Nigeria are fifth among the six teams in Group C. The group winners automatically qualify for the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States while the four best-ranked runners-up go into play-offs and winners enter an inter-continental tournament where six nations will compete for two places.