Finidi George, Mikel John Obi, Jay-Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, Vincent Enyeama are just some of the famous Nigerian football players in history of this country. And if you asked them if they ever thought that in 2025, their belowed team would be worried before the match with Rwanda, they would all probably laugh. But here we are, Nigeria – Rwanda and everybody is worried. The Super Eagles are in deep trouble ahead of the game with Wasps. The team with so many stars (particularly in attack) is in crisis and new coach Eric Chelle will have his debut against second-placed Rwanda, who are yet to taste defeat from Nigeria. So far, the Wasps are undefeated (1-1 draw in Kigali and a 2-1 win in Uyo during the 2025 AFCON qualifiers) and Nigeria is winless, with three draws and one defeat.Nigeria’s last goal in Rwanda was scored by Obafemi Martins 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐆𝐎 during a World Cup qualifier. 🚨🇳🇬Today: Rwanda v Nigeria. 🔥 #wcq2026#worldcupwithmicky pic.twitter.com/FnVtTAl2fH— Micky Jnr (@MickyJnr__) March 21, 2025 Jose Peseiro, Finidi George and Augustine Eguavoen all failed to pull Nigeria out of crisis, so fomer Mali coach Chelle will have an ungrateful task today.”I think it is tough for the two teams. I said earlier that Rwanda has a great team. They have a new coach and he’s a good coach. I knew that my team must be focused in our game and show what we are working on the training session. After that there is no problem. This is the game football. Some times something happen, this is maybe football because have referees, a lot of things happen in football. We need to be focused when we have the ball and when we don’t have the ball. And after that we would see” he said ahead of the game.African qualifiers’ magic: Mozambique take the lead directly from a corner! (VIDEO)Among an impressive forward‘s group is Ademola Lookman, who will be in the team for the first time since he was crowned the best player in Africa.“It’s a blessing, it’s a pleasure, and most definitely an honour, to be among the people here who have won the award, like my teammate last year, Osimhen, my brother. We know Rwanda is a good team, we know about their quality, but at the end of the day, we need to be focusing on ourselves and try to bring the game to them, to fight together for the win. Everybody knows the level of the players that we have here. It’s an incredible group of players, and most importantly, they’re good people. Everyone has the same objective – to want to win, and that’s very important” said Atalanta forward.Logarusic tames Indomitable Lions as Eswatini pull off a goalless drawBut the Wasps are not afraid of Nigeria. And why they should? After all, the have a 2-0 record against the Super Eagles.“We’re not under any pressure because we already have our seven points. Nigeria are the ones under pressure because they need these points too, but they will not get them“ said Rwanda coach Eric Nshimiyimana.2026 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS – AFRICARound 5Friday00:00: (5.90) Comoros (3.50) Mali (1.67)16:00: (7.75) Botswana (3.70) Algeria (1.53)16:00: (1.20) Equatorial Guinea (5.90) Sao Tome (20.0)19:00: (1.08) Burkina Faso (11.0) Djibouti (25.0)19:00: (1.12) DR Congo (8.50) South Sudan (22.0)19:00: (4.45) Rwanda (2.85) Nigeria (2.10)19:00: (1.25) S.Africa (5.40) Lesotho (15.0)22:00: (13.0) Burundi (4.50) Ivory Coast (1.33)22:00: (1.02) Ghana (16.0) Chad (50.0)Saturday00:00: (12.0) Ethiopia (4.70) Egypt (1.33)00:00: (1.05) Guinea (13.0) Somalia (40.0)00:30: (22.0) Niger (10.5) Morocco (1.10)***odds are subject to change***
