{"id":155914,"date":"2025-03-20T22:26:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2026-world-cup-qualifier-were-not-scared-of-super-eagles-rwanda-captain"},"modified":"2025-04-03T18:28:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:28:59","slug":"2026-world-cup-qualifier-were-not-scared-of-super-eagles-rwanda-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/2026-world-cup-qualifier-were-not-scared-of-super-eagles-rwanda-captain","title":{"rendered":"2026 World Cup qualifier: We\u2019re not scared of Super Eagles \u2014 Rwanda captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda captain Djihad Bizimana has said the team is unfazed by the prospect of facing the Super Eagles\u2019 top stars.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Eagles are favourites to beat the Amavubi, but Bizimana insisted they are not concerned about the number of superstars in the three-time African champions\u2019 squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no worry, there\u2019s nothing to worry about. We have already faced them twice, and I think most of them are here, so there is nothing to be concerned about,\u201d the midfielder said at a press conference on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe respect them as a big team with big names, but as players, we are really focused on what we are doing in training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Al Ahli (Libya) star declared that they will give their all on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will go out and try to give 100%, even 150%, because we know they are a good team and really want to win this game to return to the top,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Rwanda captain Djihad Bizimana has said the team is unfazed by the prospect of facing the Super Eagles\u2019 top stars. The Super Eagles are favourites to beat the Amavubi, but Bizimana insisted they are not concerned about the number of superstars in the three-time African champions\u2019 squad. \u201cThere\u2019s no worry, there\u2019s nothing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":155913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[16103,254,758,453],"class_list":["post-155914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-2026-world-cup-qualifier","tag-nigeria","tag-rwanda","tag-super-eagles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2026 World Cup qualifier: We\u2019re not scared of Super Eagles \u2014 Rwanda captain - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda captain Djihad Bizimana has said the team is unfazed by the prospect of facing the Super Eagles\u2019 top stars. 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