The technical director of Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF), Augustine Eguavoen has despatched out a cost to gamers within the nation’s nationwide group to make sure they win the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco, in order that they will restore delight to their nation.
Sports247 experiences that, with the Tremendous Eagles showing unlikely to qualify for the FIFA 2026 World Cup, ‘Egu’ admitted that their focus ought to shortly flip in direction of profitable the upcoming AFCON.
The Tremendous Eagles’ former defender, captain and head coach reasoned, “The World Cup ticket 2026 is slipping out of our palms, however the 2025 Nations Cup is not far away. So, I believe we now have to only put together and attempt to see how we will win it, in order that we will restore our delight.”
Sports247 gathered that the Eagles’ probabilities of qualifying for the 2026 Mundial are very slim, contemplating that they’re at the moment third of their group and 6 factors behind the leaders, South Africa.
Even when South Africa are deducted three factors by FIFA for haven earlier fielded an inelligible participant, they are going to nonetheless be three factors forward of Nigeria and simply have to win their remaining two matches as a way to decide the group’s lone ticket.
By the way, a deduction of three factors from South Africa’s present haul will sink them degree with Benin Republic, who would even be determined to win their remaining two matches, the final of which will probably be away to Nigeria, thereby making the sport explosive for each international locations.
Eguavoen, who was fondly referred to as ‘Cerezo’ throughout his taking part in days, has apparently given up hope of an computerized World Cup ticket or perhaps a play-off route for the Eagles, as he identified that Nigeria’s consideration ought to flip to the upcoming AFCON, which can begin in December this 12 months and finish in January 2026.
