President Muhammadu Buhari has
informed the Super Eagles of Nigeria that qualifying from Group D of the 2018
FIFA World Cup was no longer acceptable.
He wants the team to aim at
winning the World Cup trophy.
Special Adviser to the President,
Femi Adesina, who made the declaration, also charged other African teams not to
have low ambitions.
He stated that funding would not
be an issue for the Super Eagles team.
“Nigeria should do well, do very
well at the World Cup. You know our target used to be qualifying for the second
round. Then at a time, the target of Africa was getting to the quarterfinal.
“I think we should be more
ambitious this time, let’s go as far as we can get and if we can win, why not,
but let us not have low ambition.
“Funds should not be a problem as
long as everything is put in place timeously. Those who should make the request
should make it in good time. If everything is done when it should be done,
there should be no problem,” he told sportswriters
Nigeria’s best outing at the
World Cup was finishing at the round of 16 three times in five appearances.
Last Monday, Coach Rohr has
released a 30-man provisional squad for the World Cup, as the Super Eagles
prepare to play Croatia, Iceland and Argentina in the group stage when the competition
starts in June.
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