Rwandan defender Ange Mutsinzi believes that the Tremendous Eagles have been in a position to beat them on the Amahoro Stadium as a result of they have been the hungrier facet, Soccernet.ng reviews.

The Tremendous Eagles entered their 2026 World Cup Qualifiers fixture towards Rwanda needing a win after choosing simply three factors from their first three video games in Group C. Recall that they misplaced to Benin and picked attracts towards Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and South Africa of their first 4 video games of the collection.

Nonetheless, Nigeria put their previous struggles behind them and received a well-deserved 2-0 win. Galatasaray star Victor Osimhen scored twice within the first half to seal the win for the three-time African champions.

After the sport, Rwandan defender Mutsinzi, who performed the whole sport, acknowledged that Nigeria gained resulting from their starvation.

“I believe they(Nigeria) got here robust, they usually wished to win. They deserve it, however they’ve an excellent workforce and good strikers,” Mutsinzi acknowledged. “We’ve high quality additionally, however we gained the final sport, they usually gained this sport, who is aware of the subsequent sport.”

#Rwanda defender Ange Mutsinzi displays on his shirt swap with Victor Osimhen and the 2-0 house loss to #Nigeria within the 2026 World Cup qualifying. pic.twitter.com/Pip8k9h6cP

— Oluwashina Okeleji (@oluwashina) March 22, 2025

The win leaves Nigeria in fourth place in Group C of the World Cup Qualifiers, however they may climb as excessive as second in the event that they beat Zimbabwe on Tuesday.

Eric Chelle has began properly with the Tremendous Eagles, however there’s nonetheless quite a lot of work to be accomplished

Eric Chelle gained his first sport in control of Nigeria. However there are nonetheless some areas the place the workforce wants to enhance. They’ve to begin creating extra possibilities towards small groups like Rwanda.

Additionally, the Franco-Malian coach must work on his participant deployment. Some gamers is perhaps extra appropriate to his system than others, so he has to seek out the lacking hyperlinks and clog them.

Nigeria play Zimbabwe subsequent in Nigeria, and followers won’t count on something wanting a victory as a result of house benefit and the array of stars that Nigeria has.