{"id":69085,"date":"2025-06-26T10:12:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69085"},"modified":"2025-06-26T10:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:12:27","slug":"nwabali-remains-optimistic-about-super-eagles-world-cup-qualification-chances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/26\/nwabali-remains-optimistic-about-super-eagles-world-cup-qualification-chances\/","title":{"rendered":"Nwabali Remains Optimistic About Super Eagles&#8217; World Cup Qualification Chances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Super Eagles goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali has expressed confidence that Nigeria can still qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, despite currently sitting fourth in their qualifying group.<\/p>\n<p>With the team trailing group leaders South Africa by six points, Nwabali remains hopeful about Nigeria\u2019s chances.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized the need to approach each game with a winning mindset, stating, \u201cIt is football. Just because we are Nigeria doesn\u2019t mean we\u2019re guaranteed to win every game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the team plans to take it one game at a time, giving their all in each match and evaluating their progress as they go.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the Super Eagles have played six matches in the qualifiers, earning just seven points. To secure qualification, they would need to win all remaining fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>Their hopes may receive a boost if FIFA confirms reports of a possible three-point deduction for South Africa over the use of an ineligible player.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the setbacks, Nwabali remains upbeat. \u201cWe are working towards it. I know it\u2019s not going to be easy&#8230; We still have a lot of hope, and we believe qualification is possible,\u201d he said, reflecting the team\u2019s determination to revive their campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke &nbsp; Super Eagles goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali has expressed confidence that Nigeria can still qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, despite currently sitting fourth in their qualifying group. With the team trailing group leaders South Africa by six points, Nwabali remains hopeful about Nigeria\u2019s chances. He emphasized the need to approach each [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":69086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69087,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69085\/revisions\/69087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}