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AFCON 2015: NFF panics over Eagles’ qualificationThe Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has expressed fears over the possibility of the Super Eagles defending the Africa Nations Cup trophy won in South Africa in Morocco next year, admitting that Nigeria’s fate hangs in the balance.
Answering questions from journalists at the Glass House, the General Secretary of the federation, Mr. Musa Amadu, lamented that a team of Super Eagles caliber could muster only one point in two matches to trail Congo and South Africa in the group.
“I don’t think that after two-round of matches, we are expected to be on the table with one point with other teams in the group like Congo and South Africa having six and four points respectively. Yes, I have to admit that we are on a very tight rope and we need to up our game.
“The way we started the qualifier against Congo in Calabar was unfortunate. We lost the points at home, but we were able to salvage a point against South Africa. That one point is better than a loss and it would have been disastrous to be pointless after two-round of matches.
“The situation entails ensuring that our matches against Sudan should be a must win back to back. We must ensure that we pick the maximum six points against Sudan within those five days. It is a must win for us in Sudan and if we fail to secure those three points, I don’t know how difficult our qualifications for the Nations Cup will be.
“As we expect a positive result, we have to also pray that Congo and South Africa will have to cancel themselves out with two draws in those two games, we can now begin to look at the possibility of Congo having eight points, while Nigeria has seven points with South Africa having six. That will be the only way we can put our qualification on track.”
“We came to this situation because of our first game we lost in Calabar.
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