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July 4, 2019
As the crucial round of 16 encounters betweenNigeria and Cameroon draws nearer, the Super Eagles have started perfecting theact of penalty kicks in the case the match on Saturday ends in deadlock.
Report says Gernot Rohr started plotting strategies for the knockout stages moments after the last group stage match on Sunday.
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Althoughmedia men and fans were locked out of most of the greater part of the trainingsession, it was gathered that all the players were made to practice penaltyshoot-outs and free kicks.
An official of the team said with this training it meansthat going into shoot-out in Saturday’s match should be positive to the team ifall the selected players are in their right frame of mind towards the kick.
Nigeria lost on penalties to Cameroon at theNational Stadium in Lagos in the final match of the 2000 AFCON tournament  after Victor Ikpeba’s kick wascontroversially ruled no goal by the referee after the ball hit the bar andcrossed the line but the referee ruled it no goal. Both Nigeria and Cameroonled their respective groups until their last matches.