Former Tremendous Eagles midfielder, Friday Ekpo, has slammed the efficiency of the Nigerian gamers of their 1-1 draw towards Zimbabwe that induced them to lose floor of their race for World Cup Qualification, Soccernet.ng stories.
Eric Chelle loved an ideal debut on a cool night out in Kigali, as he led the three-time AFCON Champions to a 2-0 win over Rwanda.
He met a unique destiny on the Godswill Akpabio Worldwide Stadium in entrance of the Nigerian followers, because the Tremendous Eagles surrendered a late objective towards Zimbabwe to drop two important factors.
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What Ekpo mentioned
“African soccer has progressed considerably. Nigeria nonetheless views a few of these international locations as small, however we have to step up as nicely. We’re struggling to win matches towards these groups,” the 1992 AFCON bronze medallist mentioned in an interview with Brila.
“We’re now not giants; we now have develop into ants. We can’t maintain onto the ball and simply move it sideways. If we don’t defeat Bafana Bafana in South Africa, our World Cup qualifying dream is over,” the 55-year-old concluded.
The Tremendous Eagles have the prospect to proper their wrongs in September after they resume their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier fixtures. Nigeria will play towards Rwanda on the third of September earlier than travelling to South Africa to lock horns with Bafana Bafana on the sixth of September.
