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2026 FIFA World Cup Playoffs: Super Eagles Resume Training Ahead of Gabon Clash

Posted : 13 November 2025

Nigeria’s Super Eagles returned to training on Wednesday evening, as the team shifts focus to Thursday’s 2026 FIFA World Cup African playoff semi-final against the Panthers of Gabon.

The pay dispute that disrupted Tuesday’s session has been resolved, allowing players to concentrate fully on securing a place in Sunday’s final. On Wednesday, the three-time African champions trained at the Institut Royal de Formation Des Cadres in Salé, near Rabat.

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau expressed confidence in the team’s ability to deliver. “We believe in the players and their ability to make Nigeria proud, not only on Thursday but throughout these playoffs. We have a team capable of earning a World Cup ticket,” he said.

Former Nigeria international and current NFF Technical Director Augustine Eguavoen also weighed in: “These boys, whom I know and have worked with, want to go to the FIFA World Cup. The aspiration of every professional footballer is to play at the World Cup and enhance their market value. The timing of the strike was not ideal, but I have faith they will rise to the occasion and deliver on Thursday and Sunday.”

Thursday’s high-stakes match will kick off at 5 pm at the Complexe Sportif Prince Heritier Moulay Al Hassan in Rabat. This will be the 10th meeting between Nigeria and Gabon’s senior men’s teams. Nigeria has won five of the previous nine encounters, with three draws, while Gabon’s only victory came in a 1990 World Cup qualifier in Libreville, ending 2-1.

Forwards Victor Osimhen of Nigeria and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon will be the stars to watch. Osimhen scored twice against Rwanda and three times against Bénin Republic in the qualifiers, while Aubameyang netted all four of Gabon’s goals in an away victory against Gambia, making them two of the deadliest strikers in world football.

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