labas370:
I don't think its same match we all watched.. this team that played today, I'd the had played like this against Jamaica, we would have trashed Jamaica..
All of them have good account of themselves.. I'm very proud of this team and very proud of the coach. He is tactically and technically better than rohr...

labas370:
This USA match, we played 3-5-2.
If we should use this same formation against other African teams, it will be 10:0 trashing

labas370:
I don't think its same match we all watched.. this team that played today, I'd the had played like this against Jamaica, we would have trashed Jamaica..
All of them have good account of themselves.. I'm very proud of this team and very proud of the coach. He is tactically and technically better than rohr...

GeneralDae:

Well I think the falcons in the set of Perpetua Nwokocha and Vera Okolo would have scored against this U.S team. There was nothing really special about this U.S team.

carbonado:
.... I think people just watch games and expect miracle to happen, as against putting things into perspective. We played the no 1 team in the world. They came with their big time players, against a no 37 team in the world. We did well, ofcourse there are alot to take away from this game. The coach will watch enough tapes and work on the flaws we had in the game. If only we could transition quickly and couter them, maybe we could have scored a goal. Ultimately, the team is work in progress.

PDPGuy:

Agreed! Some of her runs prevented this game from being a whitewash in favor of the US.

This Summer series has virtually stamped Oluehi’s place at the next Nations Cup and World Cup, fitness permitting

labas370:
Dude, we would have trashed them... our defence is solid. What we miss in the midfield is a player like kante and we have that person in Payne's sister... she can charge for the ball. I would have preferred Gift to ifeoma. Okeke did well.. what we lacked at that game against Jamaica was defence organisation.. Ebi tried to do that against Portugal but wasn't that so perfect, but today, there was tremendous improvement.

GeneralDae:

Well I think the falcons in the set of Perpetua Nwokocha and Vera Okolo would have scored against this U.S team. There was nothing really special about this U.S team.

labas370:
We are actually 38 and supposed to be the whopping team of this tournament.

Some people think you can come from Africa, to play the no1 team on their home soil and win them easily just like that... this is a wonderful result.. the 2 goals were all scored during the injury time of both halves. This is to show that the players gave good account of themselves but felt lackadaisical during both added injury times

JohnBullMySon:
Seriously?

It's like you've forgotten who Nnadozie is. One of the best female goalkeepers in the world presently.

BascoVanVeli:
Honest the coach killed the game with his second half substitutes.

PDPGuy:

I know Nnadozie is the #1.. What I meant is that Oluehi will be part of the squad to both tournaments.

drDoom3:
The entire game was just a cycle of

US pass in our half - US attack - We win ball back - Clear ball aimlessly - US get ball back - US pass in our half

and the cycle repeats and so on.

drDoom3:


Game that I watched lol. I was embarrassed by the way we played. It was like we had already given up from the 20th minute or so. Is that how we will go to the next Women's world cup? Any big team we face, we sit back and let them play in our half for 90 mins and hope they only score like 2 goals, then claim we did well because they are higher ranked than us? lol.

GeneralDae:

Well I think the falcons in the set of Perpetua Nwokocha and Vera Okolo would have scored against this U.S team. There was nothing really special about this U.S team.

JohnBullMySon:
You don't go on all out on a team clearly bigger than you, unless you want to be spelt. You sit back and try to take advantage of opportunities. The playing style was good. The only problem I had was the fear making them make poor counter crosses.

For those saying that there's nothing special about the US team. Let me ask you, how many crosses and passes were mistimed or inaccurate?

drDoom3:


I thought I was the only one seeing this. I watched USA at the last world cup, they were much more deadlier than this. The reason it looked liked they played well was because we kept inviting them on to attack and soaking up pressure. If you want to park bus, at least have a counter attacking threat, else it will just be a walk-over. The most annoying thing I noticed in this game was that we were a lot stronger physically than them. Alozie was much more athletic than Rapinoe, that was why Rapinoe was quiet throughout. We were winning aerial and ground duels. I feel like if we had come out to play them, our athleticism would have caused their backline some problems. The few times we did that, look at how they easily gave the ball away.

We just automatically assumed that because they are the number 1 in the world, we had no chance against them and our best bet was to sit back and soak up pressure. That is not how football works nowadays. Better to threaten them in the attacking end and lose 4-2 than to pose no single threat throughout the game, look weak and impotent, and still lose 2-0.

Look at the game against Portugal, see how it started. If we had taken our early chances, we might have scored up to 2 goals in the first 30 minutes. If we decided to sit back throughout the game like we did in this one, Portugal may have scored one and that's it. But we came out and showed them what we could do, and if not for silly defensive mistakes we would have beaten Portugal.

labas370:
We are actually 38 and supposed to be the whopping team of this tournament.

Some people think you can come from Africa, to play the no1 team on their home soil and win them easily just like that... this is a wonderful result.. the 2 goals were all scored during the injury time of both halves. This is to show that the players gave good account of themselves but felt lackadaisical during both added injury times

JohnBullMySon:
Who were the subs exactly? My Internet misbehaved at some point.

isan:
I still think the 6 nations will get canceled or it will be play by home based players only

marvin906:



Argentina and Romania have been invited

labas370:
We are actually 38 and supposed to be the whopping team of this tournament.

Some people think you can come from Africa, to play the no1 team on their home soil and win them easily just like that... this is a wonderful result.. the 2 goals were all scored during the injury time of both halves. This is to show that the players gave good account of themselves but felt lackadaisical during both added injury times

drDoom3:


Game that I watched lol. I was embarrassed by the way we played. It was like we had already given up from the 20th minute or so. Is that how we will go to the next Women's world cup? Any big team we face, we sit back and let them play in our half for 90 mins and hope they only score like 2 goals, then claim we did well because they are higher ranked than us? lol.

PDPGuy:
The other thing that was frustrating was the lack of aggression from the Falcons. Whenever a player not named Payne, Oluehi, Ebi, or Alozie was on the ball, that player was basically sleep-walking and didn’t even care to look at available passing options on time.
It was just too casual for most of the game from most of our players. I guess the fact that there was no major competition until at least the second half of next year made most of the players take a lackadaisical approach to all 3 games. While the US players were fighting for spots on the Olympic team, hence they played with aggression.