The Nigeria Football Federation has apologized to the Federal Government and Nigerians for the Super Eagles' inability to qualify for the World Cup finals in Qatar this summer.
Dr Mohammed Sanusi, the NFF General Secretary, expressed sadness that the squad did not qualify despite the overwhelming support of the government and Nigerians, who packed the 60,491-seat Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja for the match against Ghana's Black Stars on Tuesday.
"There was nothing missing from the team's needs." The government stepped in to help; the NFF organized the arrangements with the help of the sports ministry, and Nigerians showed up in droves to cheer on the squad. We didn't leave anything to chance, to tell you the truth. It
Sport is about winning and losing. Nobody wants to lose but sometimes it happens that way. We are quite sad that despite playing a draw in Kumasi, the Super Eagles could not win here in Abuja. We apologise unreservedly to the Government and people of Nigeria for this non-qualification.”
The Super Eagles could only achieve a score draw (1-1) against the Black Stars, which ended their hopes of playing at the World Cup finals in Qatar as Ghana sneaked through on the away-goal rule.
