Amaju Pinnick Believes That The Performance of The Super Eagles in The Forthcoming World Cup is Hinged On Better Preparation

The Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifiers are up next for the Super Eagles of Nigeria after successfully qualifying for the AFCON in Cameroon with decent performances and the president of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Pinnick explained that top “grade A” friendlies is needed by the players.

“I think the option of Cameroon balls down to Grade A friendly like I have said and Cameroon is one of the biggest African football countries. They’ve got quality players and they are the first in history to have gotten to the quarter-final stage in the World Cup and have been to World Cup more than any other country in Africa and this is the World Cup qualifiers we are talking about. We want to play top teams in Africa so when the world Cup qualifiers get tougher, we would be able to know whether the boys can match countries like Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal, Egypt as far African countries are concerned because they are tough countries,” Pinnick told Sports247.

The president also said “don’t forget that Cameroon will play the Host Nation of Africa Cup of Nations come next year. We are not actually not going into that tournament for Jamboree but we have a target and by God’s grace is going to be a podium performance.”

“The boys will assemble and the team will play in Australia, these are quite expensive flying the team alongside logistics just to give these boys quality friendly matches and as well make the team to be in shape,” he said.

“The boys already know that World Cup is a tournament every player dreams to go, so with this better preparation before September, we’ll be able to be in shape knowing fully well June/July most teams will be on break and we want them to be busy,” he added.

NFF President Amaju Pinnick concluded by saying they are still in search of quality friendlies as better preparation will make Nigeria Qualify for the World Cup.

“We are still looking for more Quality friendlies so that can be sure that our team is ready for Next World Cup Qualifiers to come September,” he said.