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2022 World Cup: Angry Fans Mob Fumbled Super Eagles As Nigeria Fail To Qualify

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March 30, 2022
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Nigeria’s players line up before the 2022 Qatar World Cup African qualifiers group 3 football match between Nigeria and Central Africa Republic at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, in Surulere in Lagos State, on October 7, 2021. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

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The Super Eagles of Nigeria have failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup after drawing Ghana 1-1 on Tuesday.

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Ghana qualified on an away goal advantage.

Nigeria hosted arch-rivals Ghana in the second leg of the 2022 World Cup playoff on Tuesday at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.

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Nigeria failed to win their match against Ghana in Abuja on Tuesday to be able to qualify for the World Cup which would have been the country’s fourth successive appearance at the global tournament.

Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey scored the goal that took Ghana to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as they forced a 1-1 draw in Nigeria on Tuesday to win the African play-off on away goals.

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Partey struck after 10 minutes in Abuja and although another Premier League star, William Troost-Ekong, levelled from a 22nd-minute penalty, Nigeria failed to score again. The first leg ended goalless.

The Black Stars of Ghana are back in the World Cup finals after qualifying in 2006, 2010 and 2014, but missing out four years ago.

To boost support for Super Eagles, civil servants in Abuja were given a half-day and free transport was arranged from the suburbs to ensure a capacity of 60,000 crowds cheered on Nigeria.

But the home team fell behind early on when Partey’s shot from outside the box slipped between the hands of goalkeeper Francis Uzoho and into the net.

It was the latest in a series of blunders by Nigerian goalkeepers with Maduka Okoyo blamed for the Tunisian goal that knocked his team out of the recent Africa Cup of Nations at the last-16 stage.

Troost-Ekong was the calmest person in the cauldron of noise midway through the opening half as he sent Ghana goalkeeper Jojo Wollacott the wrong way from the penalty spot to equalise.

Napoli forward Victor Osimhen had the ball in the net for Nigeria soon after, but it was ruled offside after a VAR check.

Nigeria applied constant second-half pressure, but could not break down a Ghana defence marshalled by Leicester City centre-back Daniel Amartey.

Ghana started the two-leg tie as underdogs after a dismal showing at the Cup of Nations in January, with a loss to minnows Comoros condemning them to a humiliating first-round exit, AFP reports.

Angry fans destroy Abuja pitch, technical area

Angry fans destroy Abuja pitch, technical area

Meanwhile, Super Eagles players and officials scampered for safety as angry fans attacked them for missing out on the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup slated for November this year.

A few moments after the final whistle, the angry fans invaded the pitch to wreak havoc on the crew for dashing their hopes.

It took the timely intervention of security officials to rescue the players out of the stadium.

With the players no longer in sight, the mob descended heavily on the facilities such as the technical crew bench, the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), the changing board and other items in the technical area of the pitch.

Just before hell was let loose, Nigeria’s Super Eagles failed to qualify for her 7th appearance at the FIFA World Cup following their one-all draw against eternal rivals, Black Stars of Ghana.

The Super Eagles coach, Austin Eguavoen made as many as five changes to the Super Eagles’ starting eleven, dropping Kelechi Iheanacho, Moses Simon and Zaidu Sanusi to the bench for Rangers defender, Calvin Bassey, Frank Onyeka, Oghenekaro Etebo, Emmanuel Dennis.

Francis Uzoho kept his place in goal, just as Ola Aina, William Troost-Ekong, Leon Balogun, Joe Aribo and Victor Osimhen were listed for yesterday’s clash.

Knowing that the first meeting in Ghana ended in a goalless draw, there was pressure on Nigeria to win at all costs.

After 10 minutes from kick-off, goalkeeper Uzoho fluffed Thomas Partey’s strike into his net to put the visitors in the lead.

Pressure mounted on the Ghanaians’ defence yielded fruit as the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) awarded Nigeria a penalty, following an infringement on Ademola Lookman.

Troost-Ekong stepped forward to convert the spot-kick in the 22nd minute of the pulsating tie.

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