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elyte89:
He could av simply said I am sorry to the whole team

But his "EGO" of 5seconds won't allow him

hahaha... Ego. Even our players shew sign of it. Do you remember that some certain players refuse to warm up during the friendly match in Calabar? One was even caught on camera signaling to the ref to bring him on. Hahaha.

Who knows what would have happened if the black sheeps in our team were kicked out. Hahaha... Na joke o

Thanks for the replies and answers to my questions on Kalinic.

Dude must be regretting it now. Players with poor attitude are like cancers that needs to be butted out before they distroy the whole team. Salute to Dalic for his bravery.
Nonetheless, he should forgive the guy and call him back for the final.

Hello folks.

Got questions for you guys.

I hope you all remember the Croats second striker Kalinic who refused to be subbed in, in the latter stage of their first group game against Nigeria at this Year's World Cup. It was reported that the coach sent him home for his indiscipline.

Back to the questions. If Croatia goes on to win the world cup, will Kalinic receive a medal been that he was registered for the tournament prior to the time he was sent home by his coach? Will he be treated as a player who got an injury that ruled him out for the rest of the tournament in the first match?


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Triniti:
Its not just about tactical changes, these African players can’t exceed 70 minutes of football without losing concentration. lagging behind and walking around the pitch like funani herdsmen, you need full mental strength to win in the World Cup, after that, tactics and self belief comes next

agility coupled with tenacity. How can the players get these? By playing constantly.

Mickael2:
it's not that Africans gas after 70 minutes, it's just that around that time other well grounded coaches start making tactical changes while our own coaches will just stay there and be watching and we get dusted.

Why you de underrate the importance of playing time. Yesterday the only tactical switch Dalic made in 90mins was switching from 4-5-1 to 4-3-3 formation in the second half. There first sub was made at the 95th minutes and don't forget they played against an athletic English team. Do you think the Croats would have stand any chance if their players are 70minutes players? Think about this.

Triniti:
For Africa to make an impact, they need to develop mental strength needed for the modern game, players that gases up after 70minutes in a match will never achieve anything in the World Cup

hahaha. Spot on!
Na better truth you talk. But some folks here no go gree with you.

If you ain't grinding 90Mins of footie week in week out, there is no way you ll stand a chance against the big guns in a tournament like the world cup. Even with the best of tactics and talents, you ll struggle.

No Musa? No Mbappe? But an aging Ronaldo made it. The list is some how.

I'm sorry to say this-
FOOTBALL HAS REFUSED TO GO HOME!

I tuned in to watch LUKA MODRIC and he didn't disappoint me.

Modern day football is starving someone like me those kinds of players

Modric for the Golden Ball.

Yesterday's match was the first match the French national team was really stretched to the limit. Yet, they came out unscathed.

What a brilliant side replica of their Golden Generation.

Umtiti = Thuram
Kante = Makelele
Pogba = Viera.
Mbappe = Young Henry

All these age talk don tire me.

You guys can believe whatever you want. But stop coming online to exaggerate things.

How can the same people who believe that Harry Kane is 24,Lukaku is 24 despite their physical development/appearance come online and dispute the validity of the ages of players like Uzoho, Etebo, Musa, Nacho, Ndidi etc simply because they are Nigerians.

Enough of all these age cheat talk. It's becoming stale. Let the players face the consequences of their choices. If they cheat, it will catch up with them in the near future and they will have no place to hide-it's their palava and not yours. What should concern us is their performance and not age. If you are 40 and still performing, churning out decent stats week in week out, nothing do you. You should be considered.

Note: I'm in no way encouraging the act. But detest all these unsubstantiated claims that all Nigeria players are age cheat because of their physical appearance. You guys kuku no de there when they were born. So leave them all alone and stop generalizing things.

TheGoodJoe:
Actually, the nutshell of the idea is debatable if we consider Musa who spent a very long time on the bench at Leicester City but showed more work on the pitch than regulars who played for Argentina and Iceland.

Going forward, I believe we should make intensive stamina drills a big part of our selection/training process. Those who can not keep up, irrespective of status, club or playing time should lose their place in the team.

I don't know how to use whoscored but make I try.

Musa played over 1000mins of football for CSK after leaving Leicester early this year o. Jan-May.
It was his individual brilliance that won us that match nothing more. Those goals speak for themselves.

Let us leave the drills to their club managers. If they are not playing at their club they should stay out.

See his stat and Kelechi's on playing time.

World Cup is not meant for a team full of professional bench warmers.

Our players lack of playing time at their various clubs affected them at the World Cup. We are not known for ball possession. A team that doesn't play possessive style must be agile. Cos they will expend more energy chasing every ball. Cover more distance and have the ball less which can be frustrating at the same time.

The bitter truth is this-we wouldn't have stand any chance of progressing beyond the round of 16 even if we had qualified ahead of Argentina.

Our players struggled to play 90Mins football. 90% of them gases out at the 70th minute. They become so tired that they Struggle to keep./hold on to the final minute. It was really glaring through out our friendlies and the world cup matches.

The few that performed were those playing regular 90mins for their clubs e.g Musa thanks to his CSKA move, Ebuehi, Etebo, Moses and Mikel to some extent.

I tthink we need to tell ourselves the plain truth. Players warming the bench are not good for competitive matches. Moses was the culprit in 2014. But this year, it wasn't one or two players but almost the whole team.

To win, you must be ready to play 120min football see Croatia see Russia see Belgium, see France see England 90% of their players are 90mins regular players at their clubs. The agility required for this stage is there and so, they can all go on to play 120mins football and that's one of the reason they are in the Semis.

The World Cup is not for the faint hearted. Team spirit is good but not enough. There is nothing they can do even when the spirit is willing but the body is weak. They will have no option than to give in.

We need to get rid/minimize the numbers of bench warmers in our national team. Players, irrespective of who they are, where they play, not clocking atleast 70mins football week in week out don't deserve to be in the national team.

*MODIFIED*
This in return will make the players sit up and bend down. We need to stop encouraging mediocrity.

We took a permanent bench cleaner in a second division in Echiejile to World Cup thinking Miracle will happen over night. We were counting on Kelechi, a player who barely clocked a 1000min for his club as a back up striker for one that has been on goal drought since God knows when.
We were hoping for Miracle from Uzoho a relatively newbie who is still an apprentice to save us.
We had bench of pregnant players, half fit/injury prone ones.

We are a joke for thinking we can pull a surprise.

The national Team is not meant to groom players. No. If you are not performing at your club or playing as a starter kindly stay out.

Playing time is very important in modern day soccer. Loew made a great mistake starting Neuer as first choice goalkeeper. The guy wasn't at his best and so couldn't keep his poor team in the competition. Enough of all this training performances. Match day actions are miles different from training performances.

Our technical committee needs to step up their game. Sit Rohr down and talk some sense into him. get a sound coach as assistant for him and if he is not willing to change he should go four years is not far let the planning begins.

Modric is Pirlo reloaded.
Pure class!
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England is one step closer to the Semis

BascoVanVeli:
No referee that I have seen so far is better than the Senegalese who refereed Belgium vs Japan. It was the best game and it didn't have to be scandalous. So far I see European teams have been heavily favored.

You can say that all over again! I said it then that the officiating was the best at that moment. I have missed some matches after that game...
The game itself was fair and entertaining. No unnecessary fouls from the players nor gimmicks. It is still the best match for me.

Players become frustrated when the ref is biased e.g the Columbia players against the English team.

I have seen so much biasness from other refs. I think FIFA is not doing enough. The way Ref allocation is been done is not fair enough. How can you choose a ref from US to refer an English game against a South American team.

One of the thing that stands the Senegalese referred match out is because he was so neutral. It was a game between Asia(Japan) and Europe (Belgium).

All Europe Semis
Africa out!
North America out!
Australia out!
Asia out!
South America out!

Goke7:
no be small thing o, even the commentator is saying the Brazilians are in deep trouble, make dem pity pele o, we no wan hear anything o!

hahaha... Make baba no pack im load abi?

But this Neymar of a guy, I no de understand am. He don de join the leagues of Messi, Suarez and Co who don't like turning up for their country. Saw Suarez showing poor attitude by putting zero commitment earlier today.

Belgium playing 3-4-3 with false 9.so much innovation.

I hope Rohr de watch.

Brazil are chopping it o

This French team are damn too good. They are making it look too easy.

Mbappe na the real deal. Dude is a baller.

Icon4s:
I never took notice of such

watch out for it in the next series of matches. It is strange to me too

Joebie:
Maybe seats reserved for certain officials. In the event that some were reserved for private personalities, I would assume the personalities did not show up despite obtaining the tickets.

Na the first time I go see that kind thing. Thanks anyway

Question.


Why are the seats covered in blue leathers with attached pictures left empty in all the stadia during all the matches played so far at this Year's World Cup.?

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I de enjoy this game

GOAL

goldfish80:
In my opinion, I believe lack of athletism is the bane of Asian football. If Asians had the athletic genes of Africans, they would have won a few world cups.

Their height too is another thing

Our coaches need to get rid of players loyalty syndrome. If a player is not meeting up to standard he should be dropped. Simple.

There should be some sort of player's attitude assessment on the field. Tired of all this I don't care attitude from our boys.

Hazard immediately realizes that all the dribble won't do them good and so reduced it. Lukaku sacrificed self glory for a player in a better position etc...

I'm still expecting the post world cup report from our technical committee. Oh... Sorry our house is in disorder once again. Hahaha.

Vision 2022 is slipping away gradually. May God deliver us.

Joebie:
Lol

A Senegalese !

Really? That's amazing. So fair!

This has been entertaining! Great comeback to Belgium!

Kudos to the Japanese

They fought like a warrior!

The fairest game so far and it is been refered by a black.

These Japanese are showing the kinda of fighting spirit expected of any team representing their nation at the World Cup. They have only been bested in their weak points which is their height!