A chieftain of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says the football body will not hesitate to sack head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro if the team fall to another defeat tomorrow against Zimbabwe, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Nigeria started their campaign in the race to be at the 2026 World Cup on a shaky note drawing 1-1 against Lesotho in Uyo. A result that has made winning against Zimbabwe a must if they want to be in control of their destiny.
The result has also led to questions about the future of the coach , who has lost 60 percent of the games he has handled as coach since his appointment over a year ago.
His deal which was extended will terminate after the Africa Cup of Nations, where he has been told to at least get to the final of the tournament for the deal to be extended by two more years.
However all of that wouldn’t matter if Zimbabwe defeat the Super Eagles tomorrow in Rwanda according to a chieftain of the NFF, who spoke to OwnGoalNigeria.com just before the team departed for Rwanda.
” We will sack him if Zimbabwe get a win against us. There is nothing that says we must wait for the Africa Cup of Nations. We understand it didn’t work out well when Gernot Rohr was sacked close to the AFCON but this is entirely different. We will sack him to avoid missing out on another world cup and defeat to Zimbabwe will no doubt make it tough for us to qualify”, he rounded up saying.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
