Eguavoen Assures Nigerians Super Eagles Will Qualify for Qatar 2022 and Brags About Players’ Quality

Eguavoen Assures Nigerians Super Eagles Will Qualify for Qatar 2022 and Brags About Players’ Quality

Chukwu Ikechukwu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:56 PM
  • Augustine Eguavoen believes the current Super Eagles players are good enough to outwit Ghana to seal a seventh appearance at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar
  • Nigeria has been drawn to face arch-rivals Ghana in the final round of World Cup qualifiers in March to determine one of Africa’s five representatives at the World Cup
  • Both Nigeria and Ghana had a disastrous AFCON as both nations were eliminated very in the competition and will be seeking to make amends with the World Cup Playoffs

Augustine Eguavoen has assured Nigerians that the Super Eagles will qualify for the FIFA World Cup to be hosted in Qatar in November 2022.

Nigeria who already has six World Cup appearances has been drawn against rivals Ghana in the final round of the World Cup playoffs.

Eguavoen assures Nigerians Super Eagles will qualify for Qatar 2022 ahead of Ghana, brags on players’ quality
Eguavoen has pleaded for more support ahead of Nigeria's crucial World Cup playoffs against Ghana. Photo by Daniel Beloumou Olomo
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According to a report via Complete Sports, Eguavoen believes the Super Eagles have enough quality players to get past Ghana and believes everyone in the team knows the task ahead of them.

“I feel privileged to lead the group. We have two tough games against Ghana next month but I am not too worried because we have a squad that knows it is a mountain that we have to climb.
“We have a good headache to deal with which is a surplus of good players. I want to thank the government and the NFF for all the support during the AFCON; we will need even greater support for the World Cup play-off.”

Ghana will have home advantage first and both legs will be played between March 23 and 29 with the aggregate winners securing a place at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

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Meanwhile, Jonathan Akpoborie who is an ex-international has assured there will be enough goals for the Super Eagles when they tackle Ghana in March’s World Cup playoffs.

According to Daily Post, Akpoborie advised the Super Eagles coaches to select in-form Super Eagles Forwards Victor Osimhen and Emmanuel Dennis for the crucial qualifiers.

Victor Osimhen and Emmanuel Dennis were missing from Nigeria’s AFCON party despite being named in the country’s roster due to both players not being released by their respective club sides.

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Earlier, Sports Brief reported William Troost-Ekong has appealed to the Nigerian Football Federation chiefs to make the pitch of the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja conducive for football when they take on Ghana in March.

Following the conclusion of the 2021 African Cup of Nations in Cameroon where Nigeria crashed out in the round of 16 losing against Tunisia, Super Eagles are now focusing on the final World Cup playoffs against Ghana.

Ghana on the other hand did not also do well at the 2021 African Cup of Nations and the Black Stars will want to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

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Chukwu Ikechukwu
Chukwu Ikechukwu Godwin is a journalist with over 9 years of experience in the Nigerian media industry. He has worked both in Radio (Today FM, Rhythm FM, Wish FM) and Television (Silverbird TV) as a Sports Analyst..
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