Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- The Coach of Benin, Gernot Rohr, regretted that the dream of his team getting to the World Cup had been ruined by the 0-4 defeat at the hands of the Super Eagles.

Nigeria defeated Benin 4-0 on Tuesday at the Godswill Akpabio stadium to keep up hope of qualifying for the World Cup via the playoffs. Osimhen's hat-trick and Frank Onyeka's last-minute goal were all the Super Eagles needed to move to the next qualification round.

Had Benin defeated Nigeria, they would have qualified for the World Cup, as they were the group leaders before the last round of matches.

Rohr acknowledged that the Super Eagles had experienced and talented players, which gave them victory in the match.

He said that the Cheetahs were young play...