Lazio midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru has expresses his desire to play for Nigeria’s Super Eagles at the World Cup, reports Completesports.com.
Dele-Bashiru is part of Nigeria’s squad currently preparing for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda, and South Africa.
Eric Chelle’s men will host the Amavubi of Rwanda at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo on Saturday.
They will then keep a date with Bafana Bafana of South Africa at the Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein three days later.
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Immediate Task
The Super Eagles have endured a poor start to the qualifiers, winning just once from six outings.
Dele-Bashiru is however optimistic they can still turn things around and fulfil his desire to play at the global soccer fiesta.
“The World Cup, that’s the biggest stage for a footballer in your career, especially playing for your country,” he told reporters in Uyo.
“It will be a very massive moment for not just me, I’m sure, all the players here. It will be a massive moment for all the staff and all the fans.
“So, yeah, that’s what we are working towards. God willing, we will win the next two World Cup qualifying games and then after that, we’ll take it from there.”
By Adeboye Amosu in Uyo
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I have this niggling feeling Nigeria will win both matches convincingly. 3 goals margins (3-0 or 4-1) against Rwanda and 2-0 or 3-1 against South Africa.
I suspect South Africa will either win or draw today against Lesotho, but either way Nigeria will qualify for the World Cup. Have we ever failed to qualify for a football tournament held in the USA? Think USA ’94 and Atlanta ’96.
Whichever the case, even if we don’t win the group (which would only be possible if Motsepe and Infantino continue to play high-level politics and Nigeria doesn’t take this to CAS), we should get in as one of the best 4 second-placed teams from the 9 groups and qualify through playoffs.
But I don’t like that longer route. Let’s hope FIFA applies its own rules. SA already had so many advantages, playing at home 4 times against Lesotho and Zimbabwe, and Lesotho clearly doing a hatchet man’s job for them.
I don’t know what would happen against Rwanda, but Nigeria would beat South Africa.