Ibrahim Gusau, President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) believes the Super Eagles will grab the ticket from the continental playoffs despite the little setback it encountered with the bonus row.
The President spoke after the team resolved the pay dispute which led to the team’s boycott of Thursday’s training session. Gusau said that despite the setback, he is optimistic that the Eagles will beat the Panthers on Thursday.
“We believe in the players and their ability to make Nigeria proud, not on Thursday, but throughout these playoffs. We have a team capable of earning a World Cup ticket,” said the NFF President.
On his part, Augustine Eguavoen, the NFF Technical Director expressed strong conviction that the players will give their all to pick the ticket.
“These boys that I know, that I have worked with, want to go to the FIFA World Cup. The aspiration of every professional footballer is to play at the World Cup and enhance their market value.
“I have faith in them to rise up to the occasion and do the business on Thursday, and afterwards, on Sunday,” Eguavoen concluded.
On Wednesday evening, the three-time African champions trained at the Institut Royal de Formation Des Cadres in Salé, outside Rabat. Thursday’s match kicks off at 5pm at the Complexe Sportif Prince Heritier Moulay Al Hassan in Rabat.
