{"id":1564,"date":"2025-10-21T21:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2025-10-21T23:04:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T23:04:03","slug":"gusau-super-eagles-will-qualify-for-world-cup-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1564","title":{"rendered":"Gusau: Super Eagles will qualify for World Cup ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NFF president\u00a0Ibrahim Gusau\u00a0has expressed confidence Nigeria will qualify for the 2026 World Cup via the Playoffs, while also backing Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, the Super Eagles kept World Cup hopes alive when they qualified for the continental Playoffs next month in Morocco, where they will battle Gabon, DR Congo and Cameroon for a ticket to next year\u2019s Intercontinental Playoffs in Mexico to produce two more qualifiers for the Mundial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yemi Alade - Tomorrow (Official Music Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G4u2yMsPdG8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have started preparations (World Cup Playoffs), but the most important thing is the commitment and zeal of the players,\u201d Gusau said while expressing his confidence in Nigeria featuring at next year\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey have now realised that going to the World Cup is important to their careers, more than even how Nigerians look at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are getting all the cooperation we need for the government to ensure we are ready for the Playoffs and I know we will move on to the Intercontinental Playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said coach Eric Chelle has justified his appointment as Super Eagles coach by winning four of six World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHad we had a little resemblance of that record, we would not have been where we are today,\u201d he said.  <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationonlineng.net\/gusau-super-eagles-will-qualify-for-world-cup-ticket\/\">(Nation)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFF president\u00a0Ibrahim Gusau\u00a0has expressed confidence Nigeria will qualify for the 2026 World Cup via the Playoffs, while also backing Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle. 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