Nigeria vs Madagascar: ‘It’ll never happen again’ – Ndidi on World Cup misfortune

Super Eagles captain, Wilfred Ndidi, has cautioned that Nigeria indispensable forestall a sluggish opening erstwhile commencing their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying run against Madagascar successful Uyo on Friday.

During the pre-match property league held on Thursday, Ndidi reflected upon Nigeria’s inability to unafraid qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and emphasized that the squad has benefited from lessons learned pursuing this setback arsenic they hole for their inaugural Group L encounter.

Given that this acquisition remains recent, Ndidi stated that the players are committed to establishing a robust commencement against Madagascar alternatively than permitting different challenging opening to undermine their campaign.

Ndidi said, “We cognize the experiences of the past World Cup. How we started was really, truly poor, truly bad, and it volition ne'er hap again due to the fact that this is simply a focused team. We are readying to acceptable the momentum, you know, due to the fact that the archetypal crippled is the astir important crippled successful each competition.

“This is simply a qualifying tournament, truthful the opening lucifer establishes the momentum. Consequently, this provides u...