Nigeria Lose At Home In FIFA World Cup Qualifier For The 1st Time In 40 Years

Nigeria Lose At Home In FIFA World Cup Qualifier For The 1st Time In 40 Years ....Super Eagles 0-1 Central African Republic By Our Reporter Nigeria’s Super Eagles have lost a FIFA World Cup qualifying match at home for the first time in 40 years as they crumbled 1-0 to visiting Central African Republic in what is the first ever encounter between the two countries. The last time Nigeria lost a World Cup qualifying match was on 10 October 1981 when the team lost 2-0 at the National Stadium, Lagos to Algeria. While they had catalogue of missed chances and getting as many 10 corner kicks, the visitors had just one chance and flicked in by Karl Namnganda after a defensive blunder by the Super Eagles. It is the third time Nigeria lost a competitive match at home after that of Algeria 40 years ago, 3-2 loss to Congo seven years ago in Calabar and another 2-0 loss to South Africa in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Uyo in 2017. They will be heading to Douala Cameroon on Saturday for the return match on Sunday. Like they did against Congo in 2014, when they won 2-0 away. With the loss to CAR, Nigeria still have a fragile lead of six points followed by Cape Verde and CAR both with four points while Liberia have three points.