With Bora Milutinovic in 1998, it was rather fine. After being two goals down, Nigeria went through the group stage, upsetting favourites Spain in a stunning 3-2 comeback. The Super Eagles were, however, stopped in the round of 16 by experienced Denmark. But they never repeated the mentioned achievement, so the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has now turned to another Serbian coach hoping for some more World Cup success. Bora Milutinović, only person who coached 5 different nations on #WorldCup#Mexico 1986#CostaRica 1990#USA 1994#Nigeria 1998#China 2002 pic.twitter.com/LZqoWtYuYS— Stickerpedia (@Stickerpedia1) July 20, 2018 Despite winning the qualifiers Group C above Cape Verde, Liberia and CAR – and heading to the playoffs – the NFF are looking for a replacement for their current boss Gernot Rohr, the 68-year-old German tactician. According to several Nigerian media, squad no longer respect their manager enough to keep to agreed rules and regulations in the way and manner the players should conduct themselves on national assignment.##EDITORS_CHOICE##So, they turned to much younger Mladen Krstajic, 47, who previously led Serbia on the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Krstajic parted ways with the Serbian FA the year after due to EURO 2020 qualifiers shortcoming. Soon, he was named a coach of the top-tier Serbian side TSC but was fired because the boardroom thought fourth place on the table was not good enough.Mladen Krstajić is the man #Nigeria are lining up to replace Gernot Rohr.Pa Rohr’s exit should be finalised this week and the 47-year-old, who managed Serbia at the 2018 World Cup, could be the man to replace him.Top NFF officials are set to meet his representatives. pic.twitter.com/yrjYV8xaJj— Oluwashina Okeleji (@oluwashina) November 21, 2021 As per Nigerian journalist Oluwashina Okeleji, top NFF officials are set to meet his representatives.
