{"id":447289,"date":"2017-12-15T05:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T05:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/15\/2018-wc-qualifier-nigeria-lose-three-points-for-using-unqualified-player-2\/"},"modified":"2017-12-15T05:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T05:00:32","slug":"2018-wc-qualifier-nigeria-lose-three-points-for-using-unqualified-player-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/15\/2018-wc-qualifier-nigeria-lose-three-points-for-using-unqualified-player-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 WC Qualifier: Nigeria lose three points for using unqualified player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 15 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-15<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/80252189.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nigeria Points\" title=\"Nigeria Points\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Nigeria lose 3 points after fielding an unqualified player against Algeria in the qualifiers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813921649\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813921649\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513314032_856_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Nigeria Football Federation has been greeted with the unpleasant news of having their accumulated World Cup points reduced for fielding an unqualified player in their last group game against Algeria.<\/p>\n<p>According to a BBC report, Abdullahi Shehu was ineligible to play the game after accumulating two yellow cards which should have seen him miss the game.<\/p>\n<p>The game ended in a 1-1 pulsating draw after Gabonese referee Eric Otogo-Castane awarded a dubious penalty to the Desert Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>The good news for Nigeria is that, regardless of the points deduction, it will not affect their qualification to Russia as they will still be having 11 points, 3 more than second placed Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>This means the Super Eagles will go ahead to face Argentina, Croatia and Iceland with some bookies offering Free bet no deposit needed on the odds for Group D matches at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria will be awarded 3 points, which will take their points accumulation to 5, after failing to win a game in the qualifiers on the field.<\/p>\n<p>The Disciplinary Committee of FIFA confirmed the sanction imposed on the West African giants following the fielding of the ineligible player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been sanctioned for fielding an ineligible player in the match between Algeria and Nigeria on 10 November 2017,&#8221; the FIFA statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe match is declared to be forfeited and awarded 3-0 in favour of Algeria, with the NFF also receiving a fine of CHF 6,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sanction relates to the player Abdullahi Shehu failing to serve the automatic one-match suspension imposed on him as a result of receiving a caution in two separate matches of the same competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis sanction bears no impact on the final result of the preliminary competition for the FIFA World Cup since Nigeria had already qualified (and Algeria eliminated) before the match took place,\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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