Current Super Eagles Will Better Our Record -Joseph Yobo

Former Super Eagles Captain Joseph Yobo has tipped the current Super Eagles team to do better than previous Nigerian teams at the World Cup.

Reacting to the team qualification over the weekend, Yobo, who was in the Super Eagles squad to the Korea/Japan 2002, South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014 World Cups, hailed Gernot Rohr’s players for achieving the feat.

“Congratulations again guys. Going to the World Cup is dream stuff. Y’all are going to do better than us!” Yobo tweeted via his verified Twitter handle on Monday.

The Eagles became the first African team to qualify for the Russia 2018 World Cup after a hard-fought 1-0 win against Group B opponents Chipolopolo of Zambia in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Saturday.

Alex Iwobi’s 73rd minute goal secured the ticket for the Eagles who will be heading to their sixth appearance at the World Cup.

The win took the Eagles to 13 points, while Zambia remain second on seven points.

Cameroon who defeated Algeria 2-0 are third on six points and the North Africans are bottom on just one point.

The Eagles’ next game is against Algeria in Constantine in November.