Former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick has expressed optimism that the Super Eagles will qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
With three points in four matches, the Super Eagles sit 5th in Group C, four points away from Rwanda and South Africa, who are at the top of the table and in second place, respectively.
However, Pinnick, in a chat on Friday’s edition of Channels Television’s Sports Tonight, stated that the Nigeria Football Federation is doing everything possible to ensure the team qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
“I speak to the president [of the NFF] every other day and I know he is very religious about qualifying Nigeria for the World Cup. It is going to be a tough call.
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“I don’t want to raise the hopes of any Nigerian that we would qualify. But we would try our human extreme. When I say human extreme, on a scale of 1-10, we would get to that 10 and see if we can make it happen. We believe it is divine.”
“Trust me, they do not want to be where they are now. They want to succeed, move beyond it, and put smiles on the faces of Nigerians.
“So, let’s just wait and see, and let’s not be thinking negatively. Let’s look at the positive picture and see how we can qualify,” Pinnick said.
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Supa Igles must kwalify 4 di wold kup. Wheening di remanin matches is a must.
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I watched the interview. He said a very experienced and enterprising coach has already been appointed but he won’t disclose the name.
He added that the announcement will be made any moment from now and that the coach will have the full complement of a backroom coaching staff and analysts – no division of labor. Physical trainer, video analyst, goalkeeper trainer, match reader, performance analysts, and scout etc.
Well, he sounded so optimistic and inferred that the target is to win the remaining matches home and away.
I must say I was infected with his optimism – although Pinnick added that he doesn’t want to raise anyone’s hopes and he was only stating thd fact as he knows it.
We just cross our fingers and hope it’s all good at the end of the qualifiers. Success is opportunity meeting preparation. Let’s do our optimal best and leave the rest to providence or good luck.
But the OPTIMAL BEST must be seen to have been done and late appointment of coaching staff is already a minus.