Every participant within the Tremendous Eagles will obtain a ‘particular bonus’ for every match the Nigerian workforce performs on the forthcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification play-offs on each the African and intercontinental ranges, Sports247 stories.
That is sequel to a daring declaration by Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC) chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko, who said that every match at Africa’s four-nation qualification play-off, scheduled to start on November thirteenth in Rabat, Morocco, will probably be taken as a Cup Ultimate.
Whereas additionally projecting in the direction of the six-nation intercontinental stage billed for March 2026 in Mexico, Dikko affirmed that the Tremendous Eagles ought to be able to play three crunch matches that may decide their destiny of being at subsequent 12 months’s World Cup.
He acknowledged that it’s a lengthy and difficult path to comply with within the World Cup qualifiers, therefore the NSC’s resolve in the direction of motivating the gamers in one of the best ways doable.
Dikko expatiated, “We now have three video games to plan for – two in Africa and one on the intercontinental stage. For us, each recreation is a remaining. Now we have to give attention to taking part in three finals … two of which will probably be this month of November and one in March subsequent 12 months.
“So, we have now to organize for the three matches the best way groups plan for a remaining. Now we have to ask the gamers, talk about with them, and provides them the perfect bonus they will get. It must be a bonus that’s totally different from what they get for regular matches that we give them.”
Other than the monetary incentive that’s being organized to spice up the gamers’ morale, Dikko additionally disclosed that each one facets of logistics, linking up with officers of Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF) and interactions with the gamers are already ongoing, with a view to be sure that the Eagles make it to USA/Canada/Mexico 2026.
“Now we have to pay them a particular bonus for attending to the ultimate and supply all vital logistics. All of us must be centered. All people must be centered. So, each day, we’re working collectively, assembly with the NFF and calling the gamers. Whereas working collectively to verify all people is concentrated, we consider we are able to qualify,” Dikko enthused.
He concluded by noting the function that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and all Nigerian soccer followers will even must play in guaranteeing the qualification quest turns into a actuality, at the same time as he equally charged the gamers to rise to the event when the chips lastly come down subsequent week in The Atlas Nation.
Dikko submitted: “With the help of Mr. President and Nigerians, and with the gamers all taking part in their half, we will ship the World Cup ticket.”
Sports247 gathered that the Eagles will first play Gabon subsequent week Thursday within the first semi-final of the African play-off, from which a win will take them into the ultimate on November sixteenth towards both Cameroon or Democratic Republic of Congo.
Successful that recreation would guarantee Nigeria performs just one match on the intercontinental play-offs scheduled for Mexico in March 2026, because the Eagles can be the best ranked workforce amongst all of the six qualifiers.
This implies Nigeria will skip the semi-finals and go straight into one of many two finals, from which the winners of every recreation would ultimately qualify for subsequent 12 months’s Mundial.
