Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong made an own goal which contributed to Al Kholood’s 3-2 home loss to Neom in the Saudi Arabia league on Thursday.
Troost-Ekong’s own goal came in the 32nd minute which put the visitors 2-1 ahead.
It was his seventh appearance in the Saudi Arabia topflight this current campaign.
The defeat leaves Al Kholood in ninth place on nine points.
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In the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against South Africa on matchday 8 in Bloomfontein, Troost-Ekong also did an own goal in the game which ended 1-1.
It was a must-win encounter for the Super Eagles which contributed to them missing the automatic qualification ticket to South Africa.
However, Troost-Ekong and his teammates made next month’s African playoffs in Morocco where they will face Gabon.
By James Agberebi
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Chucks need to retire from national team, his defensive lapses course Nigeria world cup hope alot
Own goal again! Ekong What is going on. It’s better you’re not invited for this World Cup play off o.
Nigeria will curse you if your own goal deprives us from going to the World Cup.
Mr Own goal Nigeria
CSN why have you restricting my freedom of expression? You guys have not been publishing my comments on Osimhen’s thread even when I don’t use fowl language for like four days now…You guys want me report you to the appropriate authority or what?….
Leave Osimhen alone. CSN, thanks; stop publishing hate speech. Let this guy launch his paper.
You think you could just continue talking rubbish like there are no Mods here………Oloshi jati jati
It is a pity this fine player is passing through this horrid phase in his career. I won’t say Eric should not select him for the play-off, but we should thread carefully lest he undo the good work of the team.
How about his launching a scholarship programme in Akwa Ibom? And possibly buying Ukot wine for the elderly villagers and reciting some prayers with them? This will clear this evil omen like magic. Our ancestors did the same thing long before the arrival of the white man/Arabs. Come to think of it, carrying the people along is great.
Person no fit again u dey talk make e buy wine for elders….Na for the mentality we have in Nigeria. That is a failed country with failing mind like urs. Call a spade a spade, the boy is nearing retirement. He cost us at least 4 points in the qualifiers….Do u know what 4 points would have done for us buy y’all keep excusing him saying people make mistakes till he cost us dearly.
CS and crazy headlines lol. Wetin “bag” dey do with own goals haha. Own goal no be trophy na hahaha but I get the implied meaning or warning. One goal “scored” too many.
Lol. Don’t mind them. It’s almost like a team on a losing streak has bagged another defeat. I think both the headline and the story are sensational.
I suppose CSN is just keying into the fans’ sentiments to attract attention and create a long thread. Ekong will see this news and wonder why it’s a headline, rather than being only a subplot in the footer of a story about the game (These guys read these stories and commentaries below them). It will further dip his confidence.
Anyway, Chelle now mostly uses him to kill off games with time-wasting tactics, and rarely as a starter.
@Sly, CSN was not wrong about Ekong. Own goal resides in his soal .
I can’t stop laughing at the headline. CSN, stop this please. Our captain needs our support not this kind of headline!
Bagging an Own Goal is now a good title? Naija people, Hmmm I hail you. Kai, oga oo. Ire o. God bless Nigeria!!!
So sad for Ekong. Hopefully he will bounce back.
I think we should focus more on the own goals bagged by NFF ONIGBESE. Yes, failure to hire a coach in a timely manner before the WCQ began, and other administration lapses, are more responsible for our predicament, not the own goals of any individual. If we fail to beat Gabon, then the immediate resignation of the entire NFF leadership will be the next appropriate step. But in a system that tolerates and even rewards incompetence and mediocrity, will the necessary changes ever happen?