Nigeria's Worst Football Moment In 2014

Nigeria, the defending champions, failed to qualify for the 2015 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, sending many into a state of shock and shattering millions of hearts. The first sign of the looming disaster was an unexpected 3-2 loss in Calabar to the determined Republic of Congo led by French tactician Claude le Roy, followed by a lacklustre 0-0 draw with South Africa, which many expected them to win.

However, the Eagles rallied to get their Afcon campaign back on track and did just that with a crucial 2-0 away win Pointe Noire to get their destiny in back into their own hands.


It went down to the last game as Nigeria needed to beat Bafana to qualify. Three points were not negotiable. Despite the fact that South Africa had qualified irrespective of the match result Nigeria had to come back from a draw to rescue a point and to protect her over 10 years dominace over Bafana Bafana through a super substitute

Stephen Keshi and his boys failed over 170 million people, and the pain would hurt for a long time.