The Nigerian coach accused him of "witchcraft"! TA: Democratic Congolese people deny this statement

 12:12pm, 17 November 2025

In the African play-off final of the World Cup preliminaries, Nigeria drew 1-1 with the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 120 minutes. They lost 3-4 in the penalty shootout and missed the World Cup.

After DRC captain Mbemba scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout, Nigeria coach Eric Scheer clashed with several DRC staff.