Despite poor position, Eguavoen, Nwabali tip Super Eagles to qualify

Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) Technical Director, Austin Eguavoen, and Enormous Eagles’ goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, are certain that Nigeria will qualify for the 2026 World Cup no topic its depressed attach on the Crew C table.

South Africa leads Crew C of the World Cup qualifying series with 13 aspects, followed by Rwanda and the Benin Republic with eight aspects, whereas Nigeria is fourth with seven aspects.

On the other hand, no topic the six-point gap between South Africa and Nigeria, Eguavoen said that the Enormous Eagles peaceable agree with the different to overhaul the leaders with four games ultimate in the series, basically based completely on aclports.com.

“It’s more straightforward said than accomplished, but we agree with the doubtless and the personnel.“The World Cup is the most involving level of football anyone wants to take part in. It’s a tightrope we’re strolling, but all the pieces is imaginable.

“With the boys we agree with now and each Nigerian coming collectively, it is a long way doable. I’m 100 per cent certain for the reason that gamers prefer to be on the World Cup.

“I’m now not taking a look reduction on the final observe game, I’m taking a look ahead to the following one. That’s the mindset: one game at a time, treat every game like a ultimate.”

Echoing Eguavoen’s optimism, Nwabali admits that no opponent will be underrated, adding, nonetheless, that there is peaceable plenty to play for no topic the Enormous Eagles’ underwhelming open to the marketing campaign.

“It’s football — being Nigeria doesn’t robotically mean we’ll beat all people,” Nwabali said in a describe printed by soccernet.ng.

“We peaceable agree with an even likelihood to qualify no topic our latest attach. We’re inflamed about the following game, and we’ll assist pushing to flip issues round.”

The Enormous Eagles must now shift their attention to a form-or-destroy September double-header — first web hosting Rwanda earlier than a hard away time out to South Africa.

The vulnerable African champions will then face Lesotho away and Benin at home in October, rounding off what has been a anxious qualification series. Having neglected out on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Nigeria are enthusiastic to steer obvious of reduction-to-reduction absences from the enviornment stage. The Enormous Eagles agree with certified for six of the final observe eight World Cups and famously reached the round of 16 in 1994, 1998, and 2014.