NFF : Pinnick Adamant Nigerian Football Not Declining

Regardless of current failures recorded by Nigerian nationwide soccer groups, the President of the Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has insisted that the nation’s soccer shouldn’t be going by means of a poor patch.

He made this identified in his welcome tackle as chief host on the fiftieth yr remembrance ceremony of the late Teslim ‘Thunder’ Balogun, held on Wednesday on the Sheraton Resort, Lagos.

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It might be recalled that the Tremendous Eagles didn’t qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar whereas for the primary time in 32 years, the Tremendous Falcons misplaced three video games in a contest on the simply concluded Africa Girls’s Nations Cup in Morocco.

“Nigeria Soccer is making progress by all requirements. All our junior nationwide groups, women and men – the Eaglets, Flying Eagles, Flamingos and Falconets – have certified for his or her FIFA World Cup finals. The Senior Girls Group, Tremendous Falcons, additionally simply picked the ticket to play within the Girls’s World Cup finals.

“The Golden Eaglets and Flying Eagles all received WAFU Cup titles not too long ago. These are noticeable feats that quantity to some progress. The one one we fell quick was the World Cup qualification. This occurs in soccer. It’s not possible to win each match,” he mentioned.

In the meantime, he has promised to assist with the sustenance of the Teslim ‘Thunder’ Balogun Basis, and be concerned in all its actions within the years to come back.