Dr Rafiu Ladipo, President of The Nigeria Football Supporters Club, has blamed the Nigeria Football Federation for the Super Eagles’ early exit from the Russia 2018 World Cup following their 2-1 defeat to Argentina in Saint Petersburg.

According to Ladipo, the federation must take the blame for the World Cup ouster because “they don’t understand the politics of the game.”

It will be observed that Saint Petersburg Stadium, venue of the epic last group match rocked throughout the clash with Argentinian fans intimidating presence but for a handful of Nigeria fans scattered in three corners of the massive stadium that cheered on the Nigeria side.

The NFSC President-General Rafiu Ladipo, called for the Federal Government to restructure football administration in the country.

Ladipo said “This is the worst NFF we have had in the history of football in the country. At USA ’94, France ’98 and 2014 World Cups we got to the second round.

“This time around we didn’t get to the second round due to the bad administration of the game in the country by the current NFF.

“It’s too bad the Eagles are out of the World Cup, it was avoidable,”

“Unfortunately we have people in the NFF who think they know everything but they don’t understand the politics of the game.

“How come FIFA gave a big football country like Nigeria only 4,500 match tickets? We saw Argentines everywhere in the stadium and everywhere in Saint Petersburg.”

But out of the 4,500 “The NFF gave us only 200 tickets for the match. We were scattered in the corners of the stadium because we were not given a block match ticket, and that is where the politics of the game comes in.

“The Eagles were denied our support because of the situation we found ourselves. Argentina came in large numbers to support their team to victory because they have people who understand the politics of the game and encourage their supporters to storm the stadium to save the country from an early exit from the tournament.

After collecting billions of naira from the Federal Government, “The only people who came to support the Eagles are the supporters’ club members. But the NFF abandoned us and instead sponsored persons who had no business with our World Cup campaign in Russia.

“We must restructure Nigerian football and get rid of administrators who have nothing to offer.”

Ladipo asked the NFF to explain to Nigerians why they sponsored persons who spent time in Russia loafing about their hotels.

“The NFF should explain what they did with the billions they got from the government.”

Source: http://hotsportstv.com/nigeria-vs-argentina-nff-only-allocated-200-tickets-to-supporters-club-ladipo/