2022 World Cup play-offs: We will double our efforts to beat Ghana – NFF President Amaju Pinnick

Nigeria’s football federation president, Amaju Pinnick has stated emphatically his outfit will double their efforts in order to defeat Ghana and secure qualification to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The West African rivals were paired against each other following the World Cup qualifiers play-offs draw held in Garoua last Friday.

Reacting to the draw, he said, “It’s going to be a tough game, extremely tough game,” he started. “You know Ghana was humiliated out of the Nations Cup, kind off,” he told Juliet Barwuah.

“So, they are going to throw everything in the ring, in ensuring they compensate Ghanaians, their government, their sponsors and their supporters. So, they will do everything.

“But the good news from us is, whatever they are going to do, we are going to do double. For example, if they are going to walk on the treadmill for ten minutes, we will do twenty minutes.

“We are not going to rest; Ghana is a very beautiful team. In life, you have your good day and your bad day. AFCON might be a bad day for them but we are not going to underestimate them, they won the AFCON four times.

“We are staying focus, we will pray and do everything to qualify because in Nigeria, qualifying is our birth right.”