2022 World Cup Qualifiers: How Super Eagles can avoid Liberia upset – Kayode
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Published 1 June 2021
Former Super Eagles winger Finidi George has revealed that coach Adegboye Onigbinde was pressurised to drop nine senior players from the 2002 World Cup in Korea/Japan, after helping them qualify for the football showpiece event, The PUNCH reports.
The 50-year-old, who scored eight goals in 45 matches for Nigeria, also faulted his former colleagues for not speaking up for the players who were dropped from the 2002 World Cup.
Captain Sunday Oliseh, winger Tijani Babangida, Finidi and striker Victor Agali were the major players who were left out of the squad following a row between players and officials at the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations in Mali.
Gbenga Adewoye 20:50 SAST 2021/05/12 The Dutch captain has ruled himself out of the upcoming European tournament and Goal takes a look at African stars who also missed major tournaments Getty Virgil van Dijk to miss Euro 2020
Van Dijk has ruled himself out of European Championship as he continues to recuperate from a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.
The centre-back suffered the injury when Liverpool played Everton in October 2020, where he collided with goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
The 29-year-old hopes to return to action before the start of the 2021-22 Premier League campaign and here is a list of African stars who also missed major tournaments in the past.