World Cup, Russia 2018 - Super Eagles coach backs France to beat Argentina - Gernot Rohr

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr is obviously not happy that his World Cup adventure was short lived by Argentina and he has predicted that the two-time world champions will meet their own Waterloo when they face France in the first Round of 16 ties at the 2018 World Cup.

Rohr is emphatically backing the French National Team to knock out Argentina from the 2018 World Cup when both countries face off at the Kazan Arena, Kazan on Saturday afternoon.

According to the Eagles' gaffer, France's pacy offensive players, Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé and Antoine Griezmann will give the Argentinians a tough time on the pitch.

''France is stronger, more clam. She will win, it will be tight but with a goal in advance.'' Rohr said in an interview with French sports newspaper L'Equipe. 

He added ''The speed of the French attackers will pose a lot of problems to the Argentine defenders.

''And Didier also managed to strengthen his defense. It was the big job before the start of the World Cup and it became a big defense.''

Argentina secured a dramatic passage to the last sixteen after they edged Nigeria 2-1 in their final group match on Tuesday, with Marcos Rojo netting the winner on 86 minutes after Victor Moses had canceled out the earlier lead give to Argentina by Lionel Messi.

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