In the third round of the African World Cup qualifying, the Nigerian national team lost in penalties to the Democratic Republic of Congo team (1:1, penalties – 3:4). This was reported by 'Glavcom' citing ESPN.
Nigeria will miss the World Cup for the second time in a row.
Nigeria's head coach Eric Shell revealed that during the penalty shootout with the representative of the DRC, an interesting situation occurred when he performed a voodoo ritual. This somewhat raised the nerves of the coach, but he admitted that their team lost, and now they need to think about other tournaments.
At the same time, the Ukrainian national team continues its successful performance in the World Cup qualifiers. After a tense match against Iceland, the 'blue-yellow' team became the leader of Group D, having secured victory with a score of 2:0.