Nigeria will not be at the 2026 FIFA World Cup after losing to Congo in a penalty shootout in a qualifying match. But rather than look inwards, Nigeria coach Éric Chelle has blamed some unconventional tactics from his opponents: Chelle claims that a Congo team staff member used voodoo during the penalty shootout. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO

Videos from the final moments of the penalty shootout have now gone viral on social media showing an angry Chelle trying to charge at a member of Congo’s staff before being restrained.

“The guy of Congo did some voodoo,” former Mali international Chelle told reporters in the postgame media mixed zone. “Every time, every time, every time, so this is why I was a little nervous (of) him.”

Asked to explain what happened, Chelle did a gesture of shakin

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