Super Eagles and Galatasaray forward, Victor Osimhen, has said that playing at the 2026 FIFA World Cup is enough motivation for the Nigerian national team players to go all out to grab the ticket.
Osimhen in an interview at the weekend noted that playing at the FIFA World Cup is always uppermost in the minds of every footballer in all parts of the world.
Nigeria is currently in the 5th position in a group of six and it is dicey to grab the ticket ahead of South Africa, Rwanda, Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Benin Republic.
With just three points out of possible 12 in the group, Nigeria will have to win all games to bounce back to reckoning.
Nigeria lost 2-1 to Benin and drew three other games but Osimhen believes all is not lost.
He said: ”We want to be at the World Cup. This is the dream of every player all over the world. I am aware you have to give everything. It’s a dream of every youngster to be at the World Cup, Mine is no exception. I want to be there just like all my Eagles teammates and we are really looking forward to the game against Rwanda to try to correct all the mistakes we’ve made in the past qualifiers of the World Cup. I think we will be ready
“It’s not going to be easy. Just like we all know this is African football, this is AFCON, you can get a lot of surprises. We are going to take each game as they come. We have a new coach. I spoke with him a couple of times and I know the kind of objective he has set for the players and I’m looking forward to the first training of the game so that we can also feel his presence and know what exactly we really need to do.”
