Pinnick, NFF shift focus to World Cup qualifiers
The president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick has said the country will now shift their focus to qualifying for the 2018 World Cup after the Super Eagles were ousted from AFCON 2017.
Nigeria under the leadership of Pinnick will not feature for the second straight time at the AFCON after they were outgunned by Egypt in Alexandria on Tuesday night.
Egypt are now in pole position to feature at Gabon 2017 after they pipped Nigeria 1-0 to now have seven points.
Nigeria are second with two points, while Tanzania are bottom on a point.
Tanzania host Egypt in June and then visit Nigeria in September to conclude Group G after Chad withdrew from the qualifying series.
“We are all disappointed we did qualify for AFCON 2017,” said Pinnick.
“I believe Nigerians should forgive us and move on.
“The focus now is to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
“We will keep the Eagles busy during the FIFA friendly windows ahead of the World Cup qualifiers.”
The draw for Russia 2018 will be conducted in June with the qualifying tournament to begin in October.
