Former Nigeria international defender Efe Ambrose says the former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro should largely share the blame for the team’s poor position in the qualifiers for the 2026 world cup, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Nigeria are currently 5th in their six team group for the qualifiers, four points behind league leaders Rwanda who will be their next opponent when the qualifiers resumes in March next year.
Super Eagles are still searching for their first win in the series after four games as they presently have three draws and a loss. Ambrose who was a part of the 2013 AFCON winning team says the poor start is largely to be blamed for their position in their group.
” They started with a game at home against Lesotho and an away game to Zimbabwe , with all due respect those are the kind of games you expect the Super Eagles to win comfortably and set the tone for the rest of the qualifiers. Those two draws in their opening games brought about the pressure in their last two games”, Ambrose told OwnGoalNigeria.com in an exclusive chat.
” After those games they played against South Africa and Benin Republic two teams who can easily pass among the strongest in the group. Imagine building momentum in those two games before playing them?
” I really think you can’t excuse their poor start which started under Jose Peseiro. It’s a painful truth but we have to say it correctly. However I hope they make it to the world cup because I can’t imagine Nigeria missing out on two straight world cups”.
