By Bamidele Boluwaji:
Former Super Eagles winger Tijani Babangida has called on the Nigeria Football Federation to learn from the recent FIFA sanction of deducting a World Cup qualifying point from Nigeria and fining the NFF 6,000 Swiss francs, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.
The final African qualifying Group B fixture for the Russia 2018 World Cup ended in a 1-1 draw, but FIFA on Tuesday awarded all three points to Algeria following Nigeria’s use of ineligible defender Abdullahi Shehu in the encounter.
“It was a big mistake, but in my usual way, I try to learn from every situation I find myself and that is exactly what I want the NFF to do because we are just lucky that the point deducted did not affect our World Cup ticket,” the ex-international told Completesportsnigeria.com.
“Aside from the fine which I believe the NFF will pay, I want them to also learn that they need to be serious in everything they do, if we had not won some games in the early stage of the World Cup qualifiers, it would have been difficult now.
Babangida: NFF Must Learn From FIFA Sanction, Avoid Repeat
