Can Nigeria Still Qualify for the 2026 World Cup? Everything You Need to Know

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00:00We are going into the last two matches of the CAF qualifiers in Africa.

00:04There's a lot of very exciting storylines that we will be getting into.

00:07So I'm going to pose with y'all a few different true or false questions leading into this.

00:12Are y'all ready?

00:12Yes, sir.

00:13First up, we have Nigeria will turn it around and qualify directly for the World Cup.

00:18True or false?

00:19Absolutely false.

00:21Absolutely, absolutely false.

00:22Not even with the point reduction?

00:24No, because South Africa has easy game.

00:26And so South Africa should win their games, which allows Nigeria to go in second.

00:29But first is they don't deserve it.

00:31They didn't have a good enough qualifying run.

00:32They don't.

00:33And so I don't think the answer is false.

00:36Yeah, false for me.

00:37False for me.

00:37I think too little, too late.

00:39Got the three points closer.

00:40I don't think it's enough.

00:42False, but you see what happened last time with them in an international competition.

00:46They turned it around somehow.

00:47They did.

00:48Final of Apcon, it's true.

00:49For me, it's false.

00:51They're going to drop points, disappoint their people.

00:53All right, moving on to the next one.

00:55And Dennis Bawanga of Gabon will finish as top scorer ahead of Mo Salah.

01:01True or false?

01:01He currently leads with one more goal than Mo.

01:04This is tough because I think Mo is in a place where he needs to turn around.

01:09So I'm going to say false because I think that Salah is going to be looking for goals

01:14because of what has been happening with his form back at Liverpool.

01:16Interesting.

01:17And it's going to be tough to defeat a Salah that's looking to right his form.

01:21I'm going with True.

01:22I think he's going to be the top scorer.

01:24He's top scorer right now in MLS.

01:25He's having the season of his life.

01:27He's the strike partner Aubameyang always wished he had.

01:29He finally has towards the end of his career.

01:31Shout out to him, too, having a great season at Marseille.

01:33But I'm going True with Dennis.

01:35Oh, Dennis, True, man.

01:36I'm going with Dennis as well.

01:38He got Sonny playing with him, setting him up in the States.

01:42Yep.

01:42And then he got Aubameyang back home.

01:44You can't answer more as a striker.

01:47And lastly, DR Congo will beat out Senegal and finish top of their group.

01:52True or false?

01:54I think false.

01:56I think while Congo has a very, very good squad and they brought in incredible players,

02:02and even seeing Wan-Bissaka switch over to Congo is really cool.

02:07Great to see.

02:08I think the prestige that Senegal has had in recent years will, unfortunately for Congo,

02:13kind of win out.

02:15Football at the end of the day can sometimes just be about heritage and who has the history

02:18and the prestige to take them over the line.

02:20And I think in African football, Senegal is a giant that still is yet to be topped,

02:24and Congo isn't there yet.

02:25Senegal is expected to take that for sure.

02:28Yeah, false.

02:28I'm going with Senegal as well.

02:30I'm going True.

02:31Hey, okay.

02:32Senegal beat them last time in qualifying.

02:35I think Congo, after their performance in the last Alcon, is looking for revenge.

02:39And now is the time to do it.

02:40If they're in form, I think they'll take it.

02:43All right.

02:43And speaking of KF, we got to talk about one of the best players in the Premier League

02:48right now.

02:49Your boy, Semenya, who's been absolutely balling for AFC Bournemouth, just bagged another brace.

02:54But how good is he right now in the Premier League?

02:56Is he legitimately the best player in the Premier League right now?

02:59In current form, he gets into any team at the moment.

03:02I agree.

03:02You know, Kluivert even said he's world-class, and that just comes down to consistency.

03:06But being able to beat your man at his stature, very quick feat.

03:10You know, very explosive guy.

03:11So, no, he's always talked about his come-up story.

03:14You know, the fact that even when he was coming up, you know, he was denied a lot.

03:18And it's showing now.

03:19He's not being denied anymore.

03:20Definitely not.

03:21I think, too, just what you spoke about, his explosiveness and shiftiness on the wing,

03:25to add that in with now an increased goal contribution, and especially in these big

03:29moments, I think it's taken him up a notch.

03:31I don't know if he's the best Premier League player right now, but if he continues at this

03:35current state, he could have a legit shot at Player of the Year in the Prem.

03:38So, that's what I think about it.

03:40I think Semenya right now is undoubtedly the best African player on form.

03:45That's easy to say.

03:46But now, in terms of whether or not he's the best Prem player, I think in the most,

03:52in the recent weeks, the goals that he's scoring and the confidence that he has puts him up

03:55there.

03:56I think what's easy for me to say is that he's the most confident Premier League player

03:58right now.

03:59Yeah, yeah.

03:59That is something I think that's underrated and not spoken about enough, but we were talking

04:04about fear and fearing players earlier.

04:05Yeah, for sure.

04:06And defenders fearing someone coming at them.

04:08If I see Semenya coming at me, I'm terrified.

04:10That's kind of how I feel right now.

04:12You can tell that he's someone on a mission.

04:13And for Ghana, he's an incredible person to have.

04:17With kudos on the other side, too.

04:19Yes, sir.

04:19Woof.

04:19That's a joke.

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