Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Augustine Eguavoen has disclosed that the Super Eagles can’t afford to toy with the 2026 FIFA World Cup play-off clash against Gabon.
Recall that the Prince Moulay El Hassan Stadium in Rabat will host the eagerly awaited clash between Nigeria and Gabon on November 13.
Speaking with Ogun State Television (OGTV), the former Super Eagles handler stated that he’s confident the team will qualify for the biggest football showpiece.
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“Of course everybody’s excited. I’m super excited because we all know what it means to be at the World Cup, and we missed out on the last one. We’ve put that behind us now—the boys know exactly what’s at stake, all of us do. I like the unity so far from Nigerians, and getting this qualification into the play-offs now, I think we will not toy with it.” he told OGTV
He added: “Of course we have a chance. From where we’re coming from, all hope was lost. I didn’t lose hope 100% because I still had a lot of faith and belief in the team.
The prayer was that some other countries would drop points, which they did, and here we are. Now that God has given us a lifeline again, we have the quality, we have the personnel, we have everything to go for it. I’m 100% confident that we’ll do it.”
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World cup games are not to be toyed with, yet you people toyed with our group games!
Failure to hire a quality coach in a timely manner meant our team was managed by incapable hands, and we dropped valuable points as a result. Not to mention poor logistics and corruption, poor player welfare, nonpayment of players’ bonuses and coaches salaries. And you want to achieve success in the midst of all these chaos?
If we had won a few winnable games, we would have topped our group. The Benin game we lost, and the home game we drew against Zim, these were winnable games. We dropped 4 points from the 6 points available from these 2 games, , thanks to NFF ONIGBESE.
You toyed with these games and Nigeria’s world cup aspirations. Is it now you we should look to for advise?
Well done ehn. Clap for yourself. As you have now come to realize that world cup games are not a play thing, kindly assist us further by keeping your distance from the team.