Former Tremendous Eagles defender, Joseph Yobo, has revealed that not qualifying for the World Cup in 2006 had a detrimental affect on the gamers’ careers.
The previous Everton defender expressed disappointment that the Tremendous Eagles missed out of the event.
The previous worldwide mentioned this whereas talking on the present challenges dealing with the Tremendous Eagles.
It’s not information that the Tremendous Eagles are strolling a decent rope of their bid to qualify for the 2026 event as they’re at the moment third place in Grade C of the African qualifying sequence.
He advised Brila FM, “I really feel horrible as a result of one thing comparable occurred throughout our time.
“We have been younger, a powerful era, and lacking the 2006 World Cup affected our careers.”
Yobo performed for Nigeria on the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan.
Nevertheless, his hopes of taking part in within the 2006 World Cup was dashed because the Tremendous Eagles did not qualify.
“We had simply come off the 2002 event, and that continuity would have helped many people transfer to greater golf equipment. Lacking that World Cup was a setback.”
Nigeria will come up towards Lesotho on Friday in one of many remaining two matches of the qualifiers earlier than taking part in towards Benin Republic on Tuesday.
