Hello,

We are currently leading, 30 seconds after the beginning of the match! One goal to Nigeria, none to the Netherlands. "All we are saying, give us more goals!"

Seun.

Hey and I dey here dey surf internet, o! boy I don comot.

I've brought a TV into my home-office for the first time ever; it's exciting and now I can understand why people are so crazy about sports. Our queer African country with all its problems has an opportunity to beat a country like Holland at something!

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Heh... it's actually interesting. NEPA just restored power here, guess it's cos of the match. I might just go to watch it...

Off to my TV and may the force be with the boys See Ya

5 Minutes to the end of the first half. Nigeria leading by 1 goal scored within 30 seconds by John Owoeri!

It's 1-1 just after the beginning of the second half. Ron Vlaar scores and equalizer for the Netherlands in the 46th minute of the match (less than 1 minute into the second half). Tit for tat, eh?

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Olubayo Adefemi and Onyekachi Apam have bagged yellow cards in the first half of this match.

Penalty Shootout after 1-1 draw. Nigeria got a one shot advantage, lost it, got the advantage again, then lost it again. So now it's 4-4 ...

7 - 6; the Netherlands lead. Nigeria 's number 19 to kick the ball. And he makes it 7-7.

7 - 7, the Netherlands number 2 scores the 19th penalty kick and it's 8 - 7.

8 -7, the Netherlands in the lead...

And Nigeria wallops the Netherlands 10-9 on Penalties (network glitch after the 20th penalty kick)!!


Nigeria is a world power! Next we'll be walloping Morocco!

Hurray!!!

UP NIGERIA!

Lets hope we clinch that trophy this time around

DASKACE:

Lets hope we clinch that trophy this time around

It's not impossible. But the crop of players are too complesant.
After getting just a goal up they relax. It happened during South Korea match, again against the Nethelands. I am sceptical about them winning the championship.

Thank God we, after much tension won. If not that guy that lost the first hope of Nigeria winning would have ...............................

Oh! yeah! Netherland lost too.

Afetr enough marketing (selling) of our keeper, we won.

Word? That's hot! Innit? People wanna turn my street "up-side-down" They are shouting, screaming and throwing knockouts.

What's happening where you are?

Exactly! They did relax and this relaxation after a goal is the course of our losing much crucial matches.

"But they inherited relaxation from their grand father the Super Eagles".

Don't blame them.

I don't watch stuffs like this.

i wonder there's so much hype about these games. it's just under-20 not our senior team. BTW, u should be ashamed of the boys. the old men had to go to penalties? against teenagers?

well, the rest of the world including me has been watching the confederations cup [brazil kicks ass. adriano rulez] and nobody here seems to be talking about that.

The match was a clash of fate as the two team played the same game.I was on my kneels till the end of the match praying. God was on our side.

Congratulations, Nigerians, and I wish for more success to come.

c0dec:

I wonder there's so much hype about these games. it's just under-20 not our senior team. BTW, you should be ashamed of the boys. the old men had to go to penalties? against teenagers?

well, the rest of the world including me has been watching the confederations cup [brazil kicks ass. adriano rulez] and nobody here seems to be talking about that.

Why would we be talking about the Confederation cup when Nigeria is playing....even if it's the "just under-20 not our senior team" that's playing? Is Nigeria in the Confederation Cup?

i forgot. this is a nigerian football fan thread not a football fan thread. my bad.

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President Obasanjo in group photo with the Flying Eagles soccer squad that walloped the Netherlands' team 10-9.

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President Obasanjo shaking hands with some of the players.

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kanu was not among them? infact all those faces are new. I thought i knew all the super eagles.

hot-angel:

kanu was not among them? infact all those faces are new. I thought i knew all the super eagles.

hmm you have been doing cheerleading for a long time haven't you?
Anyway These were the "under 20 team"