{"id":84228,"date":"2024-09-10T17:05:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T17:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria"},"modified":"2024-09-10T17:40:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T17:40:30","slug":"afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Spittler expects tough test against \u2018world-class\u2019 Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda head coach Torsten Frank Spittler has admitted that Nigeria will give his side a hard time when the pair face off at Amahoro Stadium on Tuesday, September 10.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda and Nigeria are pooled in Group D of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) alongside Libya and Benin.<\/p>\n<p>Spittler is aware of the talent that the Super Eagles have at their disposal but he trusts his men to live up to their expectations while playing before their home supporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is going to be a tough game. We are going to play against a world class squad with quality players. Our training has been good and I am positive we will get something out of the encounter,&#8221; Spittler told the press in a pre-match press conference.<\/p>\n<p>This is going to be Spittler\u2019s eighth match in charge of Rwanda. The team has recorded three wins, three draws and one defeat in their last seven matches under the German gaffer in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the team\u2019s progress since taking charge of the team in November 2023, Spittler said that it is a gradual process and they will only get better.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are in transition; it is a process. What we learn here is different from what they learn at club level. This is our fourth camping and the players are so far improving in everyday\u2019s training,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria head coach Augustine Eguavoen has the likes of star striker Victor Osimhen and Ballon d\u2019Or nominee Ademola Lookman who can change the game at anytime. Despite his squad rich in top talent, he is aware that football has evolved and reserves respect for Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is my third time here; the first time I came as an assistant coach to Christian Chukwu. I respect Rwanda very much and they also respect us. It will be a great game but our objective is to win the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will commend Rwanda for the great reception we have received. We are on a mission and we hope to achieve our target.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda drew 1-1 with Libya in Tripoli on match day 1 while Nigeria also thrashed neighbors Benin 3-0 at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo to go on top of the Group D.<\/p>\n<p>A win for Amavubi would see them move top of the group with 4 points after two match days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Rwanda Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Rwanda head coach Torsten Frank Spittler has admitted that Nigeria will give his side a hard time when the pair face off at Amahoro Stadium on Tuesday, September 10. Rwanda and Nigeria are pooled in Group D of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) alongside Libya and Benin. Spittler is aware [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":84227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[6467,1606,254,758,5395],"class_list":["post-84228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-afcon-2025-qualifiers","tag-amavubi","tag-nigeria","tag-rwanda","tag-torsten-spittler"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Spittler expects tough test against \u2018world-class\u2019 Nigeria - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda head coach Torsten Frank Spittler has admitted that Nigeria will give his side a hard time when the pair face off ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Spittler expects tough test against \u2018world-class\u2019 Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda head coach Torsten Frank Spittler has admitted that Nigeria will give his side a hard time when the pair face off ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-10T17:05:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-10T17:40:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/09\/sm_1725977416.357257.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"686\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Spittler expects tough test against \u2018world-class\u2019 Nigeria\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-10T17:05:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-10T17:40:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria\"},\"wordCount\":410,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/09\/sm_1725977416.357257.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"AFCON 2025 qualifiers\",\"Amavubi\",\"Nigeria\",\"Rwanda\",\"Torsten Spittler\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria\",\"name\":\"AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Spittler expects tough test against \u2018world-class\u2019 Nigeria - Rwanda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/09\/sm_1725977416.357257.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-10T17:05:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-10T17:40:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Rwanda head coach Torsten Frank Spittler has admitted that Nigeria will give his side a hard time when the pair face off ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/09\/sm_1725977416.357257.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/09\/sm_1725977416.357257.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":686,\"caption\":\"AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Spittler expects tough test against \u2018world-class\u2019 Nigeria\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Spittler expects tough test against \u2018world-class\u2019 Nigeria\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\",\"name\":\"Rwanda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Spittler expects tough test against \u2018world-class\u2019 Nigeria - Rwanda","description":"Rwanda head coach Torsten Frank Spittler has admitted that Nigeria will give his side a hard time when the pair face off ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Spittler expects tough test against \u2018world-class\u2019 Nigeria","og_description":"Rwanda head coach Torsten Frank Spittler has admitted that Nigeria will give his side a hard time when the pair face off ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria","og_site_name":"Rwanda","article_published_time":"2024-09-10T17:05:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-10T17:40:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":686,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/09\/sm_1725977416.357257.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Spittler expects tough test against \u2018world-class\u2019 Nigeria","datePublished":"2024-09-10T17:05:32+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-10T17:40:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria"},"wordCount":410,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/09\/sm_1725977416.357257.jpg","keywords":["AFCON 2025 qualifiers","Amavubi","Nigeria","Rwanda","Torsten Spittler"],"articleSection":["all news","Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria","name":"AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Spittler expects tough test against \u2018world-class\u2019 Nigeria - Rwanda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/09\/sm_1725977416.357257.jpg","datePublished":"2024-09-10T17:05:32+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-10T17:40:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Rwanda head coach Torsten Frank Spittler has admitted that Nigeria will give his side a hard time when the pair face off ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/09\/sm_1725977416.357257.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/09\/sm_1725977416.357257.jpg","width":1000,"height":686,"caption":"AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Spittler expects tough test against \u2018world-class\u2019 Nigeria"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-2025-qualifiers-spittler-expects-tough-test-against-world-class-nigeria#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Spittler expects tough test against \u2018world-class\u2019 Nigeria"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/","name":"Rwanda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}