Did you just said, the hard way? Bruh I actually doubt that vie, it's like excusing them for their none exceptional performance which they owe to the national shirt they wear. The Nigeria male senior national team which I knew while growing up wouldn't play this way this current Super Eagles team are playing in the green jersey where Nigeria is struggling against smaller countries in football, hoping and wishing that an opponent lose or draw their game in order that they could qualify. Funny enough we get to see this happening in every qualification tournaments.
You have watched their recent games and seen how they have been underperforming whenever they are representing their nation Nigeria, are you going to compare the performance you saw while growing up to the performance of the current Super Eagle players? If we are being very honest, I think by now we would not be expecting anything good from the team because the guys are not playing with their mind, politics has taking over the national team they will keep struggling until the right thing is done so until then I see the team not qualifying because the two national team they will be facing can't bow down to them in their next games. Gone are the days we should be hoping and praying for other teams to lose so we can win to qualify personally I prefer watching the ladies because they are doing better than the male team.