do u realize that our strikers only scored one goal while defensive midfielders scored the other 4 goals

i think to win that game, defenders should play up front while our strikers go behind coz they'v not been scoring

WHAT DA HELL? I totally forgot about this tournament, I thought Naija were out.

tolutweety:

n where is it cofirmed that we r meetin the germans. we r actually meeting the ghanians._{though im not certain}. i there any link available pls

Yes it is confirmed that we are meeting the Germans. [b]The other problem is that if we win, we will face the winner between BRASIL and Uruguay.[/b]It is time for the team to stand up and be counted, or leave the stage for the men.

Updates, Last 16 & Knockout stages Fixtures here:

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-326927.320.html#msg4662053

Confirmed. It is Nigeria vs Germany. South Africa will be meeting Ghana.

Source: http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/kostage.html

Flying Eagles, all the best!

Sincerely , the Nigerian style of football always causes problem for the Germans, at any level , even female soccer.
Our style of keeping the ball and allowing for individual expression by the players within the team context is always difficult for the Germans, the question will now be the extent to which we maximise returns.

The Germans will find it really tough. This is not cameroun.

the boys need to blend the more going by their previous preformances

9ra land, una no get eyes ooooooo! Even if we pass Germany, we will face Brazil or Uruguay!

Even pastor oritsejafor and the late prof peller can not help us here ooooooo!

if Siasia had known, he would have ensured we dint qualify.

Humiliation in the making. its inevitable

ov:

9ra land, una no get eyes ooooooo! [b]Even if we pass Germany, we will face Brazil or Uruguay![/b]Even pastor oritsejafor and the late prof peller can not help us here ooooooo!

if Siasia had known, he would have ensured we dint qualify.

Humiliation in the making. its inevitable

Lets beat Germany first , after that may be God will help us empower uruguay to beat Brasil , then we can manage with Uruguay.

Which boys?

The same team playing in Egypt?

NO WAY!

a tough match indeed

I'm actually happy we're meeting Germany instead of Uruguay or Ghana. I predict a scoreline of 1 nil in favour of Nigeria.

^^^^^^^^^^^ Nigeria will give them real problems but that match will definitely produce more than one goal. may be 3-2

guy dem go beat us joo

Kam2k9:

guy dem go beat us joo

Teams get better the further they progress in a tourney. The Nigerian team is not as bad as results indictate. If the strikers show up or if players , wether defender or strikers , convert the many chances we create then the FE stand a chance of beating Germany .

NIGERIA 2-1 GERMANY.
believe me the FLYING EAGLES will surprice NIGERIANS with victory.
as for me, their only obstacle have been resolved, i mean FG/ASUU.
up FLYING EAGLES, up NIGERIA

How FG-ASUU take affect flying eagles now?

I wonder o. Maybe ASUU don take over from NFA.

If the boys can work on their shooting skills, they will overcome the Germans. The team is not as bad as it looked, they create enough scoring chances only to miss them, defensively, we are not bad too. I expect atough match but hope and pray the FE triumph.

i think we stand a better chance cuz our week point don exposed and if siasia work on then,hopefully we will carry d day

I hope them molue tickets don ready. . . lol

Either molue or sports car, ticket na ticket. Dont be suprised if the molue ticket gives us the ride we need to lifting the trophy.

AccoPen:

Either molue or sports car, ticket na ticket. Dont be suprised if the molue ticket gives us the ride we need to lifting the trophy.

Well I meant a return ticket bro.

A little digression;

CAF champion's league semi final first leg, Heartland 4 Vs Kano Pillar 0

Pillar's keeper is really a basket

Topic,
I dare to dream that we will win BUT dreams don't come true all the time. . .

I hope that Fatai guy is not going to play and they should play a defensive game. Since scoring against strong defenses is a problem for us, we should at least stop the Germans from scoring too, a penalty shootout win (although heart wrenching for we the fans) is the must feasible right now.

05/10/09: Spain v Italy
05/10/09: Paraguay v South Korea

06/10/09: Ghana v South Africa
06/10/09: Egypt v Costa Rica
06/10/09: Hungary v Czech Republic

07/10/09: Brazil v Uruguay
07/10/09: Venezuela v UAE
07/10/09: Germany v Nigeria

09/10/09: Quarter-finals

10/10/09: Quarter-finals

13/10/09: Semi-finals

16/10/09: Final and third-place play off

We're facing Germany:
http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/index.html

Ghana is facing South Africa, which is unfortunate at this stage.

@ToluTweety check this link
http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/index.html

Nigeria qualify as one of the best loosers (15th positon in the round of 16 as costa rica being the last)

I agree so much with mike oscar he said ;

There we go again. It's not a question of "no matter what happens on that day, "

Objectively speaking we MUST straighten out the real issues with the team. There is still a lot more work to be done.

1. We need to Sharpen our attack. They must finish clinically upfront by putting the ball behind the German keeper.
2. Our defence should stay alert and play their roles with a lot of concentration, i mean a lot of concentration then we can say "whatever happens, "

We need the kind of commitment I see in Nwankwo from the our backliners. If Rabiu starts on a holding midfield role then we might carry the day.

There is a lot to be done with attacking force if you want to be an indefatigable attacking German youth side.The German's Youth football team (U-20) is the best as far as Fifa ranking is concerned beating the likes of Spain (flying eagles most difficult opponent in frist round), Italy, Czech rep.

They won the European U-20 cup with the best of strikers we have seen so far.

Siasia need to chastise this boys and put in them the kind of resilience that was seen in Mikel Obi,Taiye Taiwo and Ogbuike's days.
The Germans are coming into this match with a lot of confidence inspired by thier rating and perfomances so far.

It's going to be an albeit ardous task for our Boys; except they change thier style by attacking with sense,i dont see them going past the germans.

I dont want to have a heart attack, am not watching that match . .  . .

nothin de haappen we go go pass Germany

What a match this will be.