Alex Iwobi has come under fire from former Super Eagles player Victor Ikpeba for a bad pass that resulted in DR Congo’s equalizer in Sunday’s 2026 World Cup qualifying play-off. Frank Onyeka gave Nigeria the lead in the fourth minute, but Wilfred Ndidi’s inability to clear the ball after the Leopards mounted a counterattack as a result of Iwobi’s poor pass allowed the Congolese to equalize after thirty minutes. Iwobi lost the ball in the center of the field, and Ikpeba chastised him for not tracking back.”So casual on the ball and then look at him just jogging back,” Ikpeba remarked in an interview with Super Sports. You know, you thought he would run back if you could get better, but he didn’t. In our region of the world, we refer to it as “you dey play as if you dey for your parlour.” “Iwobi isn’t prepared to endure when a player isn’t prepared to run. That’s what it will be. It just became apparent in that circumstance. The game was still 1-1 and in the first extra time period when the story was filed.
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