A former veteran within the Nigerian Skilled Soccer League (NPFL), Victor Ezeji has reasoned that the Tremendous Eagles’ possibilities of qualifying for subsequent yr’s FIFA World Cup are very slim, however added that Nigerians ought to maintain hope alive till the final whistle within the ongoing qualifiers.
Sports247 stories that the Eagles will enter the final two matches of their group’s qualification race six factors behind prime positioned South Africa and three adrift of present runners-up Benin Republic, thereby giving them an uphill job to beat.
Ezeji took a have a look at the present state of issues within the Eagles’ group and conceded that it might take a miracle for Nigeria to drag via into the 2026 Mundial, which can be co-hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico.
The previous Sharks of Port Harcourt and Enyimba of Aba star within the home league identified, “It’s very tight … very, very tight … and it’ll take a miracle for us to get to the World Cup. It’s not that we don’t have the gamers to do it.”
Ezeji went on to heap blame on the Nigerian nationwide group’s gamers for failing to take the bull by the horn within the early phases of the qualifiers, whereas additionally mentioning that they once more let issues slip out of their fingers after initially reviving hope with an away win in opposition to Rwanda.
He additional averred, “We have now the gamers, however they’ve didn’t ship. After they beat Rwanda 2-0 away, everyone had excessive hopes in opposition to Zimbabwe, however we noticed a shoddy efficiency in direction of the tip of the sport, and we drew 1-1 at residence.
“That confirmed that our group doesn’t have character in the intervening time. These are issues that aren’t presupposed to be occurring. So, it’s troublesome to say we’ll qualify for the World Cup.”
He, nevertheless, ended with a standard chorus in soccer parlance that it’s by no means over till it’s over, therefore his verdict that Nigerians ought to nonetheless maintain their fingers crossed till the final blast of the whistle within the qualifiers for USA/Canada/Mexico 2026.
“It’s troublesome to say we’ll progress to the World Cup, however that is soccer, and something can occur. Let’s simply maintain supporting the group and guarantee they cross the end line. It’s going to be very troublesome … however let’s maintain hope alive,” Ezeji advised.
