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Nigeria's Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, who was present at the Nigerian game against Sierra Leone which ended in a 4-4 draw, has tasked the Super Eagles to win in Freetown in the reverse fixture.
"Nigerians have expressed a collective disappointment with the collapse of the team especially in the second half, giving up a 4-0 lead to a team that is ranked 88 times below our biggest football brand, the Super Eagles.
"I have expressed my disappointment with the result to the team and the Nigeria Football Federation. Like most Nigerians, only a convincing win in Freetown can assuage our feelings and bruised egos. Only a win will be acceptable in Freetown," observed Dare who deferred comments on the suitability or otherwise of Mr Gernot Rohr as manager of the team.
"The task at the moment is to get the team firmly back on track towards picking one of the group's two tickets on offer for the 2022 AFCON. A win in Freetown will seal Nigeria's 19th participation in the African mundial.
"After this, we can now debate Mr Rohr's suitability as we seek to return Nigeria to the pedestal of African football and one of the beautiful game's power-house in world football," he said.
The Super Eagles have already landed in Sierra Leone and have all tested negative to coronavirus before the match on Tuesday.
