President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad, has taken a swipe at the recently released FIFA ranking which placed the Super Eagles of Nigeria as 5th football nation in Africa.
The Eagles are currently ranked 5th behind Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal and Congo DR and 41st in the world having moved three places from their previous 44th position.
But Ahmad speaking in Lagos after a meeting with football stake holders in the country said Nigeria is the strongest team from Africa going to the World Cup, hence much is expected of the Super Eagles in Russia next year.
He said: “No doubt, Nigeria is the strongest African team going to Russia and we expect so much from the Super Eagles. Amaju (Pinnick) has been spot-on in at least two major decisions this year: to support the change at CAF and to get the Nigerian fraternity to work assiduously towards Nigeria’s qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.” He said.
