Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernort Rohr has expressed satisfaction with the African Blind Football Championship which kicked off in Enugu.
Rohr, who stated this in an interview with newsmen in Enugu, praised the organiser, Bina Foundation for staging a championship of such magnitude.
Rohr said that Morocco as the defending champions will be a hard nut to crack and that Africa can get a good team to the Olympic.
He said that all the teams are playing to win and he wished them success in the championship.
The championship will serve as qualifying to the 2020 Paralympics.
Already in Enugu to compete in the African qualifiers are Cameroun, Morocco, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Mali, Niger and host Nigeria.
The Proprietor of Blind Football in Nigeria and President of Bina Foundation, Lady Ifeoma Atuegwu, said the country was hosting to win the sole ticket for the paralympics.
Atuegwu said that in the absence of the male and female national football teams at the Olympics there was need for the country to make appearance using the blind football.
