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- The Super Eagles of Nigeria look must-win games against Rwanda and Zimbabwe successful the 2026 World Cup qualifier
- Nigeria volition look Rwanda astatine the Amahoro Stadium successful Kigali earlier hosting Zimbabwe astatine Godswill Akpabio Stadium
- Zimbabwe's erstwhile skipper who came retired of a three-year status has issued a stern informing to the Super Eagles
Former Zimbabwe's skipper who came retired of status has fired a stern informing to the Super Eagles of Nigeria up of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier.
Nigeria look 2 important matches successful the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier CAF variation against the Amavubi of Rwanda and the Warriors of Zimbabwe.
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The Eagles are successful a atrocious spot successful Group C, sitting 5th with 3 points from the opening 4 games, lone supra Zimbabwe, who person 2 points from the aforesaid fig of games.
Rwanda, South Africa and Benin Republic are joint-top with 7 points each, portion Lesotho are 4th with 5 points, 2 points supra the Super Eagles.
Nigeria person had 2 coaches successful the qualifiers, 2 games each betwixt Jose Peseiro and Finidi George, and are acceptable to person the 3rd successful Eric Chelle, who took implicit successful January.
The Nigerian Football Federation communicated erstwhile the Malian was hired that his main work would beryllium to assistance the squad crook astir its mediocre commencement successful the qualifiers.
Zimbabwe prima warns Super Eagles
Former Zimbabwe nationalist squad skipper Knowledge Musona, who announced his planetary status successful 2022 has returned to the squad for the qualifiers.
Musona speaking successful an interrogation from the team's grooming campy admits helium feels bully to beryllium backmost to the squad aft 3 years and looks guardant to the upcoming games.
He claimed that helium has seen capable prime aft his archetypal grooming and helium believes the aboriginal is agleam and wants to lend to helping the youngsters successful the squad develop.
As noted by 11v11, since losing the archetypal crippled betwixt the 2 sides successful 1981, Nigeria person won 4 and drew 3 against the Warriors and Musona believes they can instrumentality points disconnected the Super Eagles.
“The astir important [thing] is to instrumentality the 3 points archetypal successful this coming crippled [against Benin Republic] and effort to spell and besides cod immoderate points successful Nigeria, but I deliberation the absorption present has to beryllium against Benin,” helium told Diski Africa.“With this prime and this group, I deliberation we are capable to cod maximum points, and it each depends connected the enactment that we enactment successful connected grooming and of people successful the lucifer that is coming.“I truly judge that we person a team, and personally, I would emotion that we triumph these 2 games that are coming to enactment successful contention [for] the World Cup qualifiers.”
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The archetypal limb betwixt some sides ended successful a disappointing 1-1 gully for Nigeria, with the Eagles warring backmost to rescue a constituent done Kelechi Iheanacho’s goal.
NFF nonstop connection to Super Eagles
Legit.ng reported that the NFF sent a beardown statement to the Super Eagles up of the important 2026 World Cup qualifier matches against Rwanda and Zimbabwe.
The NFF confirmed that each indispensable logistical and wide services person been provided for the squad and urged them to spell for the maximum six points successful some games.
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