A former Super Eagles Captain Sunday Oliseh, identify the national team’s performance against the Crocodiles of Lesotho last Thursday as a national embarrassment npflupdates.com reports.
Nigeria in Uyo played out a one-all draw with the Likuena of Lesotho in their first match of the 2026 FIFA world cup qualifier fixture. And the result wasn’t conducive with the 1996 Summer Olympics gold medalist.
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Player Motlomelo Mkwanazi scored with a ferocious header to give his side the lead and break the deadlock after a barren first-half; thus damping the morale of fans in the Godswill Akpabio Stadium.
However, Nigeria equalized through West Bromwich Albion defender Oluwasemilogo Ajayi’s header. Efforts by the three-time African champions to take the lead and snatch all three points hit the rocks, as the opposition stood their grounds and held their positions.
Reacting to the draw Sunday Oliseh who starred for Nigeria at two World Cup(1994 and 1998 respectively) tournaments before his exit from international football in 2002 believed that carefully selected players from the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) would have beaten the Lesotho team.
Oliseh reacts to Super Eagles’ recent draw with Lesotho
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Oliseh also cried over the fact that Nigeria were the team that conceded first.
“Will this nightmare ever end? Woke up to this shocker this morning. Our home base players should beat Lesotho. They even scored us first! The painful part is, no consequences for these national embarrassment,” he wrote on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle.
Haba This nightmare go ever end? Woke up to this shocker this morning. Our homebased suppose dey beat Lesotho na! dem even first us score!!!! The painful part be say, no consequences for these national embarrassments sef! pic.twitter.com/W7ujVFaVEH
— Sunday Oliseh (@SundayOOliseh) November 17, 2023
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In another story, the Super Falcons of Nigeria will no longer get $60,000 FIFA prize money as a result of tax deductions. Each of the players will take home to the tune of $42,500 after tax deductions by the Australian government.
“The teams based in New Zealand got their complete money without a tax cut. … The teams in Australia were short-changed by a huge amount of money. Clearly, FIFA, the apostle of FAIR PLAY, did not apply financial fair play to the teams in Australia,” a top NFF official told British journalist Osasu Obayiuwana.
