As the senior national team of Nigeria get set to begin their campaign in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers on the 16th of November when they take on Lesotho in Uyo, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
The team will travel to Kigali, where they will take on Zimbabwe at their adopted home ground on the 19th of November in what will be their second group games in the qualifiers series.
Led by head coach Jose Peseiro, the team has been given the target of getting to at least the final of the Africa Cup of Nations, which will take place next year in Cote d’Ivoire. A target which has drawn reactions from a host of people.
Speaking on the team, former Super Eagles goalkeeper Ndubuisi Egbo said the team isn’t the same like it was in the past in terms of players quality, saying that past teams had more quality players than the present one.
He however singled out the duo of Victor Osimhen at Napoli and Victor Boniface at Bayer Leverkusen as the only two players who are currently playing at a high level.
“In contrast to the past now you can mention only a few Nigerian players who play in Europe like Victor Osimhen or Victor Boniface. The others simply do not play in strong teams”, he told Tribalfootball.com.
“During my time we had players playing for teams like Arsenal, PSG, Chelsea, etc. This also will impact on the performances of our national team. We have only two players like Osimhen and Boniface who are playing regularly and doing a great job with Napoli and Bayern Leverkusen.”
Osas Mahawi
