We failed Nigerians - Amodu

Super Eagles coach Shuaibu Amodu has admitted that football fans were right to be upset after the Eagles were held to a 2-2 draw by the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in Sunday's World Cup qualifier at the Abuja National Stadium.

The country's chances of featuring at next year's global football showpiece in South Africa was plunged in doubts when the Tunisians levelled scores at 2-2 barely three minutes left to play and angry fans at the Stadium threw plastic water bottles onto the pitch to express their disappointment.

After the blast of the final whistle, the Eagles had to be protected by the police amidst fears of being attacked by mob while the Tunisians remained on the pitch for about 20 minutes before they eventually left. And Amodu said: "I think I'm not disappointed in the fans because they gave us a lot of support.

The mobilization was good and everybody did his best to make it work. They were great all night but we couldn't achieve what they expected." Massive support The fans provided an intimidating atmosphere for the game with most of them appearing in green and white.

They began gathering with their families at the Abuja Stadium as early as 10am with great anticipation and enthusiasm. But the Eagles disappointed as they twice threw away their lead to allow their North African counterparts maintain their two points lead in group B with only two games left to play in the qualifiers. Not good enough One of the fans, Segun Olayiwola said: "We were just not good enough to win this game. Our boys failed to fight like the Tunisians.

I believe the Tunisian just wanted a draw and they got it. You could see that each time we scored; they worked hard to draw level. "Some of our boys were just walking on the pitch despite the fact that we knew what was at stake.

It is so sad that we would not be going to the World Cup because we can't expect this Tunisia to drop points. Even if they do, are we sure we are going to win our remaining two games with this kind of performance? It's a big shame." Many of the dejected fans sat for almost an hour as they could not bear the agony of the outcome of the game.

Some of them had to be chased out of the main bowl of the stadium by security officials.