Chukwu: Super Eagles result against Bafana disappointing

Former Super Eagles coach, Christian Chukwu is unimpressed by the team’s display in South Africa on Wednesday evening.
To him, the side’s goalless draw against the South African opponents, Bafana Bafana is not good enough.
Nigeria nearly surrendered its unbroken dominance over South Africa, which has not beaten the Nigerian side since 1995..
The Eagles were held to a barren draw by the South African foes in a match day 2 encounter of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Cape Town on Wednesday.
Chukwu was quoted to have in a report by Super Sport that the outcome means the reigning AFCON champions must work extremely hard in the remaining matches if they must qualify for the biennial football showpiece in Morocco next January.
“The goalless draw is not really a good result for us though it’s far better than a defeat, it still leaves us in a very dicey and tight corner as far as the qualification race in Group A is concerned.
“The result is not in our favour and it means we must work really hard in the remaining matches if we must qualify to defend our title in Morocco next January.
“Congo have taken an unassailable lead of the group on six points with their superb 2-0 win against Sudan followed closely by South Africa on four points; the scenario is not a smiling one for us at the moment.
“I thought having lost at home in the first group game to Congo we would have gone all out to if need be spill blood to retrieve the points against South Africa to put us on strong footing towards qualification.
“Qualification is still within our reach but we must do something extra-human to grab it against determined front runners, Congo and South Africa.
“I don’t understand why we chose to play the catch-up in a group bookmakers have already pencilled us down for an easy ride to Morocco.
“The barren draw is a morale booster to the South Africans coming down here to challenge us for the three points later in the race.
“We must start earnest preparations for the next round of matches as it will be unfortunate if we don’t qualify to play in Morocco,” said the former Nigerian captain to supersport.com.
The goalless draw against South Africa leaves Nigeria in third spot on just one point at the conclusion of two matches with the Central African side, Congo amassing maximum six points to lead the group while South Africa maintain a close second on four points and Sudan at the bottom without a point.
The next double-headers of the AFCON 2015 matches will hold in October while the other matches come up in November.