Caretaker coach Augustine Eguavoen has insisted a 2-1 home loss to Rwanda will not work against the Super Eagles when both teams clash again in a 2026 World Cup qualifier.
In March 2025, Rwanda will host Nigeria in continuation of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
“This won’t affect (Nigeria for the World Cup qualifiers),” a deflated Eguavoen maintained.
“We have learnt a hard lesson, we will evaluate and have the strategies to face them.”
The coach admitted the Super Eagles were below par against Rwanda.
“We were below standard, but feel very sad right now,” he said.
“We scored, then against the run of play we conceded, we changed formation it didn’t work.
“We have a strong squad, I believe in the team, but it didn’t happen today (Tuesday).”
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