AFCON 2025
Super Eagles midfielder, Frank Onyeka says some of his teammates won’t be around when the next Super Eagles attempt to qualify for the next World Cup.
The Super Eagles missed out on yet another World Cup after losing to DR Congo in the final of the CAF World Cup playoffs.
Frank Onyeka scored in the one-all draw as the Leopards beat the Super Eagles on penalties to clinch the interconfederation playoffs.
Onyeka, in a post-match reaction with British-Nigerian journalist Osasu Obayiuwana, says missing another World Cup is painful and some of his current teammates won’t be around to compete in the next few years.
The Brentford midfielder went on to say the team will shift attention to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco next month and will try to better their performance in the last edition, where they finished second.
“We, the players, are hurting just as much as Nigerians are hurting. Nigerians have every right to be very upset with us. It is very tough not to go to the next @FIFAWorldCup. Some of us may not be around in five years, in 2030. It’s painful. But we have an #AFCON to play in 34 days and we need to get ready for that and do better than we did last time,”
The Super Eagles are grouped alongside Tanzania, Tunisia, and Uganda in Group C as they attempt to win a fourth continental title.
