Nigeria, March 23 -- Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has said he was not surprised with the performance of the Seychelles national team in Friday's final Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON qualifying match against Nigeria.

While the Super Eagles 'comfortably' beat the Pirates 0-3 in their own home ground last year, they struggled to get a 3-1 win in Asaba, the Delta State capital on Friday.

Many had predicted a whitewash for the small island country, but the Eagles had to dig deep for victory.

"We knew it will be very difficult because we are facing a new Seychelles team, they started their preparations very early in March and seven new players were added to the team, so the players (Super Eagles) knew that we are to expect a very difficult...