It is not practical — Adepoju opens up on Super Eagles World Cup chances

An own goal from William Troost-Ekong and a strike from Calvin Bassey ensured Nigeria and Bafana Bafana shared the points in Bloemfontein.

The result means South Africa remains on top of Group C with a six-point lead over second-placed Nigeria, with two matches left to play.

Speaking after the game, Adepoju insisted that it will be difficult for Nigeria to qualify for the World Cup, as they are not close to being among the second-best losers in the overall ranking.

“It’s going to be very difficult, and now you said mathematically because we have the likes of Benin Republic and others in the group that want to qualify too," Adepoju said on Sporty TV.

"South Africa is leading Nigeria with six points. They can’t lose their last two games, but Nigeria has to win their own two games."

He continued, "Looking at the ranking for the overall best losers in the qualifiers, Nigeria is not near the second best.

"What is going to happen because those ones need to lose their last two games too, which is not practical for all of them to lose and for Nigeria to get in there. So it’s going to be difficult; we just hope we get in there at the end.”