TheGoodJoe:
My gen went off just before the equalizer. What happened? Coach Siasia should learn to respect his opponents. His three changes were attacking changes. Aminu, Moses and Iwobi. He did not think of bringing in another defensive to secure the win


Iwobi's change was okay to secure him but we should have gone 4-5-1 and brought in a defensive midfielder instead of Aminu.

TheSuperNerd:
Chaiii.... I'm a bit heart-broken. We were on top in the second half, we played better football in the second half.
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»»Iheanacho's (was quiet for most-90%-of the first half before who woke up with that thunderbolt to end the half) moment of precise shooting magic resulted in Etebo's goal.

»»Alex Iwobi's well threaded pass to Victor Moses was supposed to produce a second goal but the Egyptian no.20 WOULD RATHER DIE THAN SEE THAT GOAL REALISED.

»»Moses Simon produced footwork magic.

»»Stanley Amuzie had a very good game at left back.
»» Etc, etc...

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We had brilliant second half moments and a few from the first half.

BUT BEHOLD A MAN CALLED MOHAMMED SALAH POPPED UP AT THE NICK OF TIME WITH THAT HEART-BREAKING EQUALISER

I was already feeling panicky when I saw Oboabona go down citing fatigue/knocks towards the final seven (7) mins. We had already made all 3 substitutions. I had hoped this won't cause us. An extra head having "full" concentration at such a crucial injury-time would have spotted Salah.

Chaiii.... After all the hard work, we were undone by a split-second loss of concentration in defence.

I still believe shaa.... The truth is this:

I DON'T CARE WHO THINKS IT'S IMPOSSIBLE-- BUT OUR SUPER EAGLES MUST BEAT EGYPT ON THEIR OWN HOME STUFF... THEY JUST HAVE TO... The team I saw play the second half can do it with more effort

I don't know..... We just have to produce the kind of magic that made us beat Algeria 5-2 away from home way back in 2006 during a world cup qualifying campaign.

Siasia teams are good away teams... Let's hope we strike the right cords.

Super Eagles.... Well, I still believe.

Icon4s:


Your pt abt d subs he made has underlined the fact dat Siasia is nt ready to coach the senior team.

I would blame the ff peeps for that equalizer:
1. Carl Ikeme for throwing d ball out of play at a very dangerous position at the touch line. He should have thrown it far from where he did.

2. The whole line of defense plus midfield for believing the Egyptians would practise fair play.They jst practically stopped and expected M. Sallah to pass the balø to Ikeme for fair play.
Fair play? A team dat has been absent from AFCON 3 consecutive times. The Nigerian playerd thought d Egyptians are like them hu dnt give a hpot if dey qualify or nt. Egyptians would rather die than to waste that golden opportunity to equalize.

Siasia needs to do something abt Amuzie in d returm leg. As a debutant facing Mohammed Salah he was grossly overwhelmed in that first half. Thank God we were nt down already before he picked up.

We are in a very difficult situation.

I am already looking beyond d game in Alexandria. Our last 2 games are against Chad (away) & Tanzania (home). We should b able to win those 2 and finish on 11pts which will likely b enough to finish among d best second team.

I am already zeroing my mind anything can happen in Alexandria. We can win, we can draw or win. 11pts would likely see us through.

BascoVanVeli:


Our leftback's name isn't Stanley it is Salah's toy. He made up a little ground in the 2nd half but his inexperience cost us at the end.

BascoVanVeli:


Our leftback's name isn't Stanley it is Salah's toy. He made up a little ground in the 2nd half but his inexperience cost us at the end.

BascoVanVeli:


That is disgusting that they didn't obey the unwriten rule of the game. To me this has turned into war our players should be super motivated to defeat them in their own country.

Icon4s:


Your pt abt d subs he made has underlined the fact dat Siasia is nt ready to coach the senior team.

I would blame the ff peeps for that equalizer:
1. Carl Ikeme for throwing d ball out of play at a very dangerous position at the touch line. He should have thrown it far from where he did.

2. The whole line of defense plus midfield for believing the Egyptians would practise fair play.They jst practically stopped and expected M. Sallah to pass the ball to Ikeme for fair play.
Fair play? A team dat has been absent from AFCON 3 consecutive times. The Nigerian playerd thought d Egyptians are like them hu dnt give a hoot if dey qualify or nt. Egyptians would rather die than to waste that golden opportunity to equalize.

Siasia needs to do something abt Amuzie in d returm leg. As a debutant facing Mohammed Salah he was grossly overwhelmed in that first half. Thank God we were nt down already before he picked up.

We are in a very difficult situation.

I am already looking beyond d game in Alexandria. Our last 2 games are against Chad (away) & Tanzania (home). We should b able to win those 2 and finish on 11pts which will likely b enough to finish among d best second teams.

I am already zeroing my mind anything can happen in Alexandria. We can win, we can draw or lose. 11pts would likely see us through.

confun:
Just weak...they made me weak....

confun:
Just weak...they made me weak....

Icon4s:

Fair play what? Will fair play take them to AFCON?

TheGoodJoe:


I agree with you on all fronts. I missed that equalizer, so I can not say much about it. However, Coach Siasia should develop a more approach to the game. He was absolutely careless in his changes.

Icon4s:


Your pt abt d subs he made has underlined the fact dat Siasia is nt ready to coach the senior team.

I would blame the ff peeps for that equalizer:
1. Carl Ikeme for throwing d ball out of play at a very dangerous position at the touch line. He should have thrown it far from where he did.

2. The whole line of defense plus midfield for believing the Egyptians would practise fair play.They jst practically stopped and expected M. Sallah to pass the ball to Ikeme for fair play.
Fair play? A team dat has been absent from AFCON 3 consecutive times. The Nigerian playerd thought d Egyptians are like them hu dnt give a hoot if dey qualify or nt. Egyptians would rather die than to waste that golden opportunity to equalize.

Siasia needs to do something abt Amuzie in d returm leg. As a debutant facing Mohammed Salah he was grossly overwhelmed in that first half. Thank God we were nt down already before he picked up.

We are in a very difficult situation.

I am already looking beyond d game in Alexandria. Our last 2 games are against Chad (away) & Tanzania (home). We should b able to win those 2 and finish on 11pts which will likely b enough to finish among d best second teams.

I am already zeroing my mind anything can happen in Alexandria. We can win, we can draw or lose. 11pts would likely see us through.

Icon4s:


Your pt abt d subs he made has underlined the fact dat Siasia is nt ready to coach the senior team.

I would blame the ff peeps for that equalizer:
1. Carl Ikeme for throwing d ball out of play at a very dangerous position at the touch line. He should have thrown it far from where he did.

2. The whole line of defense plus midfield for believing the Egyptians would practise fair play.They jst practically stopped and expected M. Sallah to pass the ball to Ikeme for fair play.
Fair play? A team dat has been absent from AFCON 3 consecutive times. The Nigerian playerd thought d Egyptians are like them hu dnt give a hoot if dey qualify or nt. Egyptians would rather die than to waste that golden opportunity to equalize.

Siasia needs to do something abt Amuzie in d returm leg. As a debutant facing Mohammed Salah he was grossly overwhelmed in that first half. Thank God we were nt down already before he picked up.

We are in a very difficult situation.

I am already looking beyond d game in Alexandria. Our last 2 games are against Chad (away) & Tanzania (home). We should b able to win those 2 and finish on 11pts which will likely b enough to finish among d best second teams.

I am already zeroing my mind anything can happen in Alexandria. We can win, we can draw or lose. 11pts would likely see us through.

Icon4s:


Siasia was busy playing to d gallery. The sub of Iheanacho should have been with a DMF, Azubuike would have been ok.Iwobi's intro was understandably to secure his international future.

TheSuperNerd:
Haba naa... Give Amuzie some credits naa. I think he did good but started struggling when Salah started coming really strong into the game.

I have my complaints too especially as regards Siasia's subs.... but I've decided to bury it.

Lemme just focus on the positives. #IStillBelieve

Icon4s:


Inexperience u say. He kept Salah on side for d equalizer I think.

Siasia took a very deadly gamble.

I have always frowned at fielding inexperienced defenders in d defence during a very big game. For crying out loud why didnt siasia field Echiejile

AIG07:

Make I bring out my calculator. PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION as usual!

Our boys gave the egyptians a good fight but de laid down their weapons and slept off in the latter stage of d encounter.

The most heart breaking moment is seeing them equalize in d final min of d game.

Can't wait for the return leg in Alexandria. Onazi will be back then and musa can be drop to the bench for moses.

But our chances to qualifier as one of the best loosers is slim considering the fact that only 2teams out of 13groups will make it as d best loosers.

Let just hope we do d Impossible

TheGoodJoe:



My biggest fear for this game was Echiejile. I never doubted that Salah would tear him to shreds. We dodged a bullet there. I believe that was a brilliant move by the coaches because the Egyptians spent time analyzing each of our players and they had enough ammunition for Echiejile.

TheGoodJoe:



My biggest fear for this game was Echiejile. I never doubted that Salah would tear him to shreds. We dodged a bullet there. I believe that was a brilliant move by the coaches because the Egyptians spent time analyzing each of our players and they had enough ammunition for Echiejile.

Icon4s:


Echiejile i believe would have coped better than Amuzie hu was always cut out of position. His gross inexperience showed.

Besides, d Egyptian crew watched d clips of over 50 Nigerian players, nt jst Echijile.

BascoVanVeli:


U must have an issue with Echiejile, he didn't even play and u saying we dodged a bullet. I tell u what, we dodged a bullet and jumped right into a bomb.

I hope we win in Kaduna and pick a result in
Alexandria. If it happens the other way round (draw
in kaduna and win in alexandria) I don't care,
splendid!! Though some Nigerians would have
passed on due to hypertension before the alexandria
game comes around for that "miracle" #Big smiles#
Let's rally round the team. Omeruo and Balogun are
out but they believe their teammates can still do it.
Let's believe with them.

BascoVanVeli:


U must have an issue with Echiejile, he didn't even play and u saying we dodged a bullet. I tell u what, we dodged a bullet and jumped right into a bomb.

Icon4s:


Right bro.

The thing is TheGoodJoe is usually sentimentally attached to young players.

We cannot afford to start d way we did at d left back for d game in Alexandria else we would be 3 goals down before Amuzie picks up.

chrisooblog:
I'm seriously gutted by the last minute equalizer but no use crying unto the return match. Onazi is back he should be warned to stay disciplined and shield the defense. Supernerd with due respect amuzie was out of his depth elderson to surely start. Ighalo to drop to the bench Musa to play as a false 9 iwobi to start also etebo Simon to retain their starting place

TheGoodJoe:



Come on guys. Salah is one of the best wing attackers in the game today. He is someone who has clips with similar mazy run goals to Messi.

It seems you guys did not know what we were up against with Salah coming in from right. You will be mistaken if you expected a left back of ours to give Salah a quiet game. It does not happen in Europe against top backs.

Amuzie was a nuisance and stopped Salah from having a free day. Anything more than that is almost impossible and expecting more from Echiejile is far from the truth.

TheGoodJoe:



Do you have any assurance that Echiejile will cope better against Salah? Do you think Coach Siasia did not have the intention of Echiejile in this game.

Think of what happened in training before he opted to drop Echiejile. I can bet V. Moses used him to make more name than Maradona in training.

I watch three a lot. It is a crucial role. I do not see Echiejile causing Salah any problems.

Remember, Coach Siasia kept his Wing backs deep and did not require too much attacking runs which Echiejile offers.

I was scared of Echiejile starting and I think we dodged a bullet not playing him.

Icon4s:


U talk of Salah as if he is on same level as Ronaldo, Messi or Neymar. Salah dat couldnt get a starting place at Chelsea.

Echiejile's level of experience counts for much.
U saw how d partnership of Ambrose and Obaobona faired today.Experience counts a lot in d defense.

chrisooblog:
Am a bit surprised by your assertion the echiejele I know strictly stays in defense barely overlaps Salah might trouble him but you can be damn sure he won't be caught out of position. I have watched him play in the lb role over the years and I haven't seen many instances of him being to blame for any goals we conceded