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2022 World Cup Qualifiers: Cape Verde are Nigeria’s biggest threat to Qatar – Solomon Kwambe

Regardless, the Super Eagles’ defender is upbeat about the three-time African champions’ chances of reaching the global football showpiece

Solomon Kwambe believes Cape Verde pose the biggest challenge to Nigeria’s 2022 Fifa World Cup ambitions.

The Super Eagles lock horns with the Blue Sharks in continuation of the qualifying campaign on Tuesday at the Estadio Municipal Aderito Sena in Mindelo.

Both teams settled for a 0-0 draw in their only meeting played in 2013 en route Nigeria’s Africa Cup of Nations triumph in South Africa.

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Weighing in his thoughts ahead of Tuesday evening’s showdown, the 2013 Fifa Confederation Cup star warns that Gernot Rohr’s side should be wary of Bubista’s team – which he described as a ‘good side’.