The technical director of Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF), Augustine Eguavoen has despatched out a cost to gamers within the nation’s nationwide workforce to make sure they win the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco, in order that they’ll restore pleasure to their nation.
Sports247 stories that, with the Tremendous Eagles showing unlikely to qualify for the FIFA 2026 World Cup, ‘Egu’ admitted that their focus ought to rapidly flip in the 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 have now to only put together and attempt to see how we are able to win it, in order that we are able to restore our pleasure.”
Sports247 gathered that the Eagles’ probabilities of qualifying for the 2026 Mundial are very slim, contemplating that they’re presently 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 may nonetheless be three factors forward of Nigeria and simply must win their remaining two matches with a view 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 nations.
Eguavoen, who was fondly known as ‘Cerezo’ throughout his enjoying days, has apparently given up hope of an automated 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 is able to begin in December this yr and finish in January 2026.
