{"id":78198,"date":"2022-12-19T17:28:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T16:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigeria-football-will-be-dead-if-we-dont-qualify-for-2026-world-cup-oliseh"},"modified":"2022-12-19T18:44:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T17:44:00","slug":"nigeria-football-will-be-dead-if-we-dont-qualify-for-2026-world-cup-oliseh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nigeria-football-will-be-dead-if-we-dont-qualify-for-2026-world-cup-oliseh","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria football will be dead if we don\u2019t qualify for 2026 World Cup \u2013 Oliseh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>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<p>The three-time African champions failed to make it to the 2022 edition in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>They lost the ticket to West African rivals, Ghana, during the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles played at the three previous editions of the World Cup before failing to secure a place in Qatar 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>\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<p>\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<p>USA, Mexico and Canada will co-host the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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. The three-time African champions failed to make it to the 2022 edition in Qatar. They lost the ticket to West African rivals, Ghana, during the playoffs. 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