{"id":140323,"date":"2025-10-08T07:54:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=140323"},"modified":"2025-10-08T07:54:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:54:29","slug":"disaster-if-nigeria-miss-the-2026-fifa-world-cup-morning-footy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=140323","title":{"rendered":"DISASTER if Nigeria Miss the 2026 FIFA World Cup | Morning Footy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JBbanVIPDNM?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>With only two matches left to play in Nigeria&#8217;s World Cup Qualifying campaign, Victor Osimhen &#038; company are dangerously close to missing the tournament once again. Michael Lahoud is pleased to be joined by Mbizo Mzamane to break down Nigeria&#8217;s recent form, chat about their position in the Group C table behind Benin &#038; South Africa, as well as give their predictions as to whether or not Nigeria can crawl out of this hole in order to qualify.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 FIXING NIGERIA<br \/>\n0:34 PANIC METER for Nigeria<br \/>\n1:51 Imbalance in the roster<br \/>\n2:49 Nigeria&#8217;s to-do list to qualify for the WC<br \/>\n3:49 Rudimentary tactics with star players<br \/>\n6:09 Recruiting Nigerian dual-nationals?<br \/>\n8:29 Nigeria NEEDS to win<br \/>\n9:57 Victor Osimhen &#038; stars need a big game<br \/>\n12:06 Does Nigeria qualify for the World Cup?<\/p>\n<p>#nigeria #cbssportsgolazo #cbssports #cbs #worldcup #worldcup2026 #soccer #football #wc2026<br \/>\nStream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@attackingthird<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JBbanVIPDNM\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With only two matches left to play in Nigeria&#8217;s World Cup Qualifying campaign, Victor Osimhen &#038; company are dangerously close to missing the tournament once again. Michael Lahoud is pleased&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":140324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/140324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}