Augustine Eguavoen sets 2026 World Cup target for the Super Eagles

Ex-Tremendous Eagles coach Augustine Eguavoen has revealed his plans for the Tremendous Eagles of Nigeria.

In an interview with Brila FM, the now-Tremendous Eagles technical director mentioned that he meant to ship the Nigerian nationwide workforce to the following World Cup.

Based on Soccernet.ng, the Sapele native guided the Tremendous Eagles of Nigeria to the AFCON 2021 competitors, the place they have been eradicated by Cameroon and their Tunisian counterparts in Garoua.

Previous to their AFCON elimination, although, there could have been some probability for them to qualify for the World Cup. That’s till they got here throughout the Black Stars of Ghana, who gave all of it they needed to defeat the Tremendous Eagles of Nigeria and advance to the World Cup.

After the underwhelming efficiency, the 57-year-old, Eguavoen, give up and was subsequently succeeded by the Portuguese supervisor, Jose Peseiro.

In an interview, the previous Enyimba coach admitted fault for the nation’s poor efficiency and failure to qualify for the World Cup.

“I didn’t take the nation to the world match after I had the chance to; I used to be trusted with the duty,” he mentioned

He did, nevertheless, admit that the absence of the Nigerian nationwide workforce from the World Cup had prevented him from seeing most of the match’s video games.

“Because of this, I’ve solely been capable of watch little or no of the video games because it makes me even sadder.”

Based on a earlier report, The NFF retained and permitted the previous Gent participant because the technical director, who promised to make use of his place to assist the Nigerian Tremendous Eagles qualify for the upcoming World Cup.

“Properly, as head of the technical division, I’ll simply have to begin planning now and ensure that Nigeria will get to the following world cup,”  Eguavoen mentioned.