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Former Super Eagles head coach, Sunday Oliseh, has warned that football in Nigeria would be dead if they fail to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n
The three-time African champions failed to make it to the 2022 edition in Qatar.<\/p>\n
They lost the ticket to West African rivals, Ghana, during the playoffs.<\/p>\n
The Eagles played at the three previous editions of the World Cup before failing to secure a place in Qatar 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cNigeria football will be all but dead if we failed to qualify for the next World Cup,\u201d Oliseh said in an interview on ARISE TV on Monday<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re already behind many countries because we didn\u2019t qualify (for Qatar 2022) and we\u2019re farther behind because we didn\u2019t participate in this World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cFootball is a religion in this country, but when you don\u2019t have a solid league, you cannot have a good national team.\u201d<\/p>\n
USA, Mexico and Canada will co-host the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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