4-5, Nigeria fell, lost to the 60th in the world, missed the World Cup, missed 3 penalty kicks and suffered a bitter pill.

The Nigeria team, ranked 41st in the world, ushered in the World Preliminary Africa Play-off finals. Nigeria PKed the Democratic Republic of Congo, ranked 60th in the world.

On paper, Nigeria is stronger than the Democratic Republic of the Congo, so before the game more fans were full of confidence in Nigeria defeating the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In the 3rd minute of the first half, Onyeka took the lead to help Nigeria take the lead.

After 29 minutes, Mescha took out his sword to help the Democratic Republic of Congo equalize the score.

The two sides battled 1-1 in the 90th minute, and the game was dragged into overtime.

At the end of overtime, the score was still 1-1. Both sides missed the penalty kick in the first round. The Nigeria team missed the penalty kick again in the second round, while the Democratic Congo team scored in the second round. The Nigerian team made the third penalty, but the Democratic Republic of Congo missed it. After three rounds, the score was 1-1 on penalty kicks. The fourth penalty was scored by Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo also scored. The fifth penalty was scored by Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo also scored. After the first five rounds of penalty kicks, the penalty kick score between the two sides was 3-3. The Nigeria team missed the sixth penalty, but the Democratic Republic of the Congo scored the penalty kick. In the end, the Democratic Republic of Congo won the penalty shootout 4-3. Nigeria was eliminated with a total score of 5-4 and advanced to the intercontinental play-offs. Nigeria failed to qualify for the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.