2026 WCQ: Nigerians react to Super Eagles’ 1-1 draw with South Africa
Some Nigerian football fans have reacted to the Super Eagles’ 1-1 draw against South Africa in their 2026 World Cup qualifier on Tuesday.
DAILY POST reports that an own goal from captain William Troost-Ekong and a strike from Calvin Bassey ensured both teams shared the points in Bloemfontein.
The result means Nigeria remain six points behind leaders South Africa in Group C, with only two matches left to conclude the qualifying series.
Following the match, supporters took to their X accounts to share their thoughts on the game.
Here are some comments gathered by DAILY POST from X:
@thornsport: “Firstly sack the coach for tactical blunder by playing lookman out of position, playing Dessers ahead of Arokodare, playing Ekong who is aged and can’t hold the backline again. Super Eagles attack is nothing without Osimhen.”
@Stacktopack: “How can a nation of 200+ million football-mad people keep stumbling like this? Nigeria should be leading Africa, not scraping for qualifications. The problems are clear—bad leadership, poor planning, recycled coaches, and no accountability. Fix grassroots scouting, hire competent modern coaches, stop politics in selections, and build a real football structure. Until you clean house, we’ll keep embarrassing ourselves instead of being true “Giants of Africa.””
@Deucez144525: “The Super Eagles have fallen.”
@Jhokzy: “Hall of shame performance from the boys. They don’t deserve to qualify for the World Cup. A very useless team.”
@michaelOLite: “Tolu and Lookman. We had only 2 chances but couldn’t capitalize on any. Maybe this is where we call it a wrap. Tolu plz come back to Wolves now and help the team. God go punish SA for bringing us to a rugby substandard dump.”
@FactssHistory: “We need Rwanda and Zimbabwe to do us a big favour while we win our last two in October. Even second place is looking bleak. We have 6 teams ahead of us on the rankings.”
@neyodabrain: “Very poor team, no real ambition to win, they don’t deserve to play at the world cup at all.”
@Dejilyeee: “Awful game, useless decision from coach to start Dessers, I swear I would prefer even Onachu in this game. The pitch was useless, okay, now you as well play dirty game and bring in taller players since South Africa is almost none existence aerially. Then you left chukwueze on bench.”
@Adikastakes: “I repeat, this remains the most disappointing super eagles squad I’ve ever witnessed. A squad filled with superstars but they have achieved absolutely nothing.”
2026 WCQ: Nigerians react to Super Eagles’ 1-1 draw with South Africa
