There's no guarantee that the Super Eagles will qualify so don't put much hope on them because they don't take playing for their nation seriously. However, I hope that they don't end up in a mess of struggling to qualify as usual because that's their own culture.
I find it difficult to understand why the Super Eagles are always repeating the same pattern on how to qualify for any international competition. They don't show some class of quality in them to just win all their matches and qualify easily.
Won't it be a mockery if Nigeria doesn't qualify for the AFCON, in a group with small countries. The level of disappointment will be so much that Nigerians will demand that all the players retire or the coach be changed.
I don't believe Nigeria won't qualify, i know that our players sometimes give us the shock of our lives, but this is not about winning the AFCON, but qualifying to play in the tournament, we must be there.
We must be there that's certain judging by the caliber of players we have and teams that fall in the same Group L with us.
The last time we failed to qualify out of the group stage was in 2017(Egypt qualified ahead of us) ever since then, we have been qualifying for the AFCON tournament every time. This year, I doubt if it will not be the same Super Eagles to appear as top contestant for Group L for AFCON tournament qualifiers.
That being said, AFCON qualification shouldn't be what we should be debate about Super Eagles not qualifying to, because they will. The area we should raise an eyebrow to, is the AFCON trophy and World Cup qualification for the next four years. We should know better that before then, the majority of our current players may retire from football or may not be in good form to represent the Super Eagles for Africa tournament and the World Cup qualification.