Former Super Eagles manager, Adegboye Onigbinde has said the side are very much in the race for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.
Eagles picked a point in Dar es Salaam against Tanzania at the weekend to sit on the second spot in Group G on four points, two points behind leaders, the Pharaohs of Egypt who won 5-1 in N’Djamena against Chad.
Onigbinde said the four remaining matches on the qualification race calendar will be decisive whether or not we will make it to the Afcon showpiece in Gabon.
“The goalless draw in Dar es Salaam still leaves us in the race for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.
“We have four matches on the qualification calendar, two against Egypt, one each against Chad and Tanzania.
“The outcome of the four matches will be decisive and overwhelming, too whether we will qualify or not.
“What happens in those four matches will be the sole responsibility of the handlers of the team.
“I think we are still in the competition just like any other member of the group, everything depends on how we handle the four remaining matches.
“Football is not mathematics that’s why not until the qualification race is concluded no one can claim ownership of the group’s ticket,” said the Caf and Fifa instructor to supersport.com.
Eagles will host the group leaders, the Pharaohs of Egypt in the next qualification clash in March 2016.
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