Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has apologised to the nation for the Super Eagles failure to qualify for a second straight Africa Cup of Nations.
The Super Eagles failed to qualify for next year’s Afcon on Tuesday night, after a 1-0 defeat to Egypt in Alexandria which followed last Friday’s 1-1 draw in Kaduna.
The north African side top the qualifying group with seven points, five points clear of Nigeria, with both teams still having a final group game against bottom side Tanzania.
The is is the second consecutive tournament where the three-time African champions Nigeria will not feature in the finals and the team sent a contrite message to fans on Wednesday.
“We apologise for our inability to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. We gave this campaign our best efforts but sadly fell short,” read a message on the @NGSuperEagles Twitter account.
Interim coach Samson Siasia, who took over after Sunday Oliseh’s shock resignation a month ago, was more matter of fact.
“We inherited a broken bridge which we couldn’t fix. We only amended it,” he said.
The exit has sparked fears about the country’s chances of featuring in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
NFF Apologises For Eagles AFCON Qualification Failure
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