NFF finally confirm Super Eagles captain Musa is not a national team centurion
Published: September 08, 2021
The Nigeria Football Federation says it has deferred to FIFA’s own record of 98 caps for Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa, following the nullification of two of the matches he played in which should have made his tally 100.
"We defer to FIFA in this regard, so Ahmed Musa has 98 caps. If he features, as expected, in the home-and-away matches against Central African Republic in October, he will clock the tally of 100 and the celebrations will follow in full flow," NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, said in a press release on Wednesday.
Allnigeriasoccer.com exclusively reported that Musa’s appearances in the 3-0 defeat of Togo in a friendly match in Paris in June 2017 and the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 qualifier against Algeria in Constantine in November 2017 did not count.
The match against Togo was struck off as both Nigeria and Togo made more than the regular number of changes in the game.
The encounter in Constantine, which ended 1-1, was deleted because Nigeria fielded an ineligible player and the result was overturned, with Algeria awarded the game, even as Nigeria had already picked the World Cup ticket before the tie.
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"We defer to FIFA in this regard, so Ahmed Musa has 98 caps. If he features, as expected, in the home-and-away matches against Central African Republic in October, he will clock the tally of 100 and the celebrations will follow in full flow," NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, said in a press release on Wednesday.
Allnigeriasoccer.com exclusively reported that Musa’s appearances in the 3-0 defeat of Togo in a friendly match in Paris in June 2017 and the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 qualifier against Algeria in Constantine in November 2017 did not count.
The match against Togo was struck off as both Nigeria and Togo made more than the regular number of changes in the game.
The encounter in Constantine, which ended 1-1, was deleted because Nigeria fielded an ineligible player and the result was overturned, with Algeria awarded the game, even as Nigeria had already picked the World Cup ticket before the tie.
Musa started and was in action for 73 minutes as Nigeria came from behind to defeat Cape Verde 2-1 in a 2022 World Cup qualifier on Tuesday, September 7.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
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