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jacob has banged Nigeria Head coach Eric Chele to stoop to low level Voodoo to blame for Super Eagles’ failure to qualify for the 2026 World Cup,
DR Congo wins CAF play-off final on penalties to deny Nigeria a second consecutive World Cup final as captain Chancel Mbemba, who had scored the winner in the semi-final over Cameroon, converted the winning spot-kick.
Following Mbamba’s winning penalty, Chele confronted the opposing team’s coaching staff on the touchline, later justifying his hostile reaction with the claim that “the Congolese players had worked some magic”.
Nigeria legend Yakubu, who has made 252 Premier League appearances for teams like Everton and Portsmouth throughout his career, says such allegations have brought shame to his country.
He said, “If it had been because of Voodoo, I think an African country would have won the World Cup a long time ago.” sportscasting,
“He (Chele) just needed to be congratulated DR Congo And instead of embarrassing Nigeria, say well done for the victory. He is a shame for Nigeria, a coach is coming out and saying it is because of witchcraft.
“We lost on penalties, he tried to fight someone and they had to pull him back. It’s not good for him or for Nigeria. Our penalties were quite bad. The pressure was too much for the players.”
Kelvin Bassey and Moses Simon missed their first two penalties of the shoot-out, before Semi Ajayi’s kick was saved by DR Congo’s Timothy Fayulu in sudden death.
The game was taken to spot-kicks after Frank Onyeka’s deflected opener for Nigeria was canceled out by DR Congo’s equalizer in the first half, with Meshack Elia punishing Wilfried Ndidi’s mistake.
DR Congo has played in the World Cup only once, in 1974, when the country was called Zaire. As winners of the CAF play-off final in the Moroccan capital Rabat, they will advance to March’s inter-continental play-off, joining Bolivia and New Caledonia as well as three other teams.