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Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 7:15pm On Aug 22, 2021
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Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 1:50pm On Aug 18, 2021
First Lady Cup Draws

This was absolutely ridiculous. I am extremely disappointed in the very poor process that the NFF just displayed to the world.
You seed Nigeria and Cameroon, based on their FIFA ranking, which makes perfect sense. You then have 4 countries left - South Africa (55), Ghana (59), Morocco (81) and Mali (84).

So, how do you do this by creating a perception of equity and maintaining a level of competitiveness?
1. Have two pots - Pot A, with South Africa and Ghana. Pot B, with Morocco and Mali.
2. Use their FIFA ranking to determine who goes into slots 2 and 3 - e.g. A2, B2 and A3, B3
How difficult was that?

I can't believe that this was too difficult for the likes of Aisha Falode to figure out, considering all the years she has spent organizing Women's football, not just in Nigeria but on the Continent. Instead, we get Group A - Nigeria, Morocco and Mali, and Group B - Cameroon, South Africa and Ghana. It gives the impression that the draw was rigged to give Nigeria a free pass to the finals. Disgraceful.

This whole draw show was a farce and very poorly organized.
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS:
I meant 'us' (Nigeria), not CSKA
Schemerkhiz:
She already joined them..
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 9:21pm On Aug 10, 2021
The real question is:
Sh'Nia Gordon - is she coming onboard? wink wink
Schemerkhiz:
She has played in Russia before for Rossiyanka FC alongside Desire Oparanozie,

CSKA needed this signing bad bad to get that Champions League slot (Russia only have two)..
They bought in Damjanovic from Sporting, GIdeon from Dijon in France and then Ordega

Cameroonian veteran Aboudi Onguene have been playing in Russia for over 7yrs now

The money that is talking right now.. Russia is ranked between 12-14 as far as the European women Football Leagues are concerned
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 3:03am On Aug 10, 2021
It may be a case of her not measuring up to the Primera Iberdrola standards. She looked rather out of shape and unfit during the Summer series, in comparison to the other players in camp and especially, those who came from Spain.
Hopefully, its not going to be downhill for her, as she is one SF who has really travelled the world.

Schemerkhiz:
Breaking News

Nigerian soccer player Francisca Ordega "Franny" leaves Levante UD and is transferred to CSKA Moscow, after the agreement was made official.


Ordega was one of the attackers recently added to the squad. With the last blows of the Primera Iberdrola 2020/21 she joined the ranks of Levante. During that period of time, Franny only played three official matches as a Levantine, entering as a revulsive.

Now, just two weeks after playing the first preliminary phase of the Women's Champions League, the Levantine team is left without the 27-year-old African, in exchange for a sum of economic income that has not materialized.
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 11:26pm On Aug 06, 2021
Yes, he is right in that sense.
My bad.
naptu2:
He is referring to the 2002 edition. They won 1-0 in the group stage in Warri, but we beat them 2-0 in the final.
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 7:26pm On Aug 06, 2021
The only times the Ghanaian women's teams have defeated a Nigerian team is:
1. Women's WAFU Cup held in Ghana in 2019 - Ghana won 5-4 on penalties.
2. African Women's Champion's League Qualifiers, WAFU B finals in 2021- Hasaacas of Ghana won 3-1.
Two (2) wins in about 10 encounters!
But that's okay. Enjoy your victory.
PetroDolla2020:
You don’t get it, right? I told you nigeria used to dominate female football in Africa. I just told you that this victory by Hasaacas marks the beginning of a change in that paradigm. It was obvious from the way the Ghanians played your team, it was obvious they came into the game brimming with great confidence, great composure. That is what I am talking about. Do you know what it means to have a psychological boost, going into future games with an opponent you think you can beat?

Why do you think Ghanaian male teams often beat their Nigerian opponents? It’s mainly psychological grin A typical Ghanaian male team goes into every game with Nigeria with the belief they can beat them. And it works most of the time. And now the female Ghanaian teams are getting the confidence and psychological boost that they can play and beat Nigerian female teams. That changes everything. Watch this space. Future matches involving female teams from Ghana and Nigeria will be far more interesting than they had been in the past. You may not agree, but I can tell you for free that the era of Nigeria’s dominance in female football in Africa is gone for good! grin

Ghana’s female team was the first female team to beat Nigeria in Nigeria many years ago, at Warri. Go back and look at your records. It’s not as if Nigeria had been totally dominant over Ghana’s female teams in the past. Ghana had won Nigerian female teams in the past.
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 7:18pm On Aug 06, 2021
Not true.
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_African_Women%27s_Championship]AWCON 2006 - Warri, Nigeria[/url]
PetroDolla2020:
You don’t get it, right? I told you nigeria used to dominate female football in Africa. I just told you that this victory by Hasaacas marks the beginning of a change in that paradigm. It was obvious from the way the Ghanians played your team, it was obvious they came into the game brimming with great confidence, great composure. That is what I am talking about. Do you know what it means to have a psychological boost, going into future games with an opponent you think you can beat?

Why do you think Ghanaian male teams often beat their Nigerian opponents? It’s mainly psychological grin A typical Ghanaian male team goes into every game with Nigeria with the belief they can beat them. And it works most of the time. And now the female Ghanaian teams are getting the confidence and psychological boost that they can play and beat Nigerian female teams. That changes everything. Watch this space. Future matches involving female teams from Ghana and Nigeria will be far more interesting than they had been in the past. You may not agree, but I can tell you for free that the era of Nigeria’s dominance in female football in Africa is gone for good! grin

Ghana’s female team was the first female team to beat Nigeria in Nigeria many years ago, at Warri. Go back and look at your records. It’s not as if Nigeria had been totally dominant over Ghana’s female teams in the past. Ghana had won Nigerian female teams in the past.
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 11:29pm On Aug 05, 2021
Actually, I don't 'think' they will win...I am extremely confident Rivers Angels will win the CL!
PetroDolla2020:
You think Nigeria will win the CL final? I don’t think so. Watch out for Hasaacas Ladies. In a few moths from now they will be totally transformed. They are going to get all the support they need from now on, and you’ll be surprised how much they would have improved the next time you see them play.

Congratulations to my sweet Hasaacas Ladies for making all Ghanaians proud today. I pray you win more trophies for Mother Ghana. Amen!
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 11:15pm On Aug 05, 2021
Agree that Ghana played well enough to win today. Congrats to them.
And yes, they had scoring opportunities in the first match which they didn't take advantage of. However, I it was also obvious (if you watched the first match) that Nigeria had and spurned several other scoring opportunities. So, Nigeria was the better side in match day 1.
Don't think it was an issue of pacing themselves. Nigeria was royally let down by poor keeping today. Plain and simple. That, to me, was the main difference.
But, no need whining - congrats to Hasaacas. Will see what happens in the CL finals when Nigeria wins it. That's the most important one.
PetroDolla2020:
This is the first time Hasaacas Ladies had played outside Ghana. So they were very naive. Also, their preparation for the tournament wasn’t great. They only got serious few weeks to the tournament when they made an appeal for financial support from Ghanaians and got a very good response.

If you watched the first match between the two teams, Hasaacas made some silly mistakes which the Nigerians capitalized on to score those two goals. Hasaacas also missed two glorious opportunities to score in the first match. They even hit the upright.

Meanwhile, the nigerian girls were busy scoring goals because they were promised one million naira per each goal scored grin They were busy banging in goals when they should be pacing themselves for the final. I watched highlights of the match today and I dare say the better team won!

Congratulations to my Ghana girls. God bless you for inflicting another sweet victory on Nigeria! It’s sweet. Very sweet grin
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 10:10pm On Aug 05, 2021
Won't be so quick to jump to such a conclusion, if I were you.
Their football philosophy is pretty much the same and their ladies have started to get much better.
timay:
The best team they will play is this ghanian team. It's like you are ascribing the reputation of the North African men to their women . Like seriously? They North African women are probably the worse women team on the continent.
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 10:02pm On Aug 05, 2021
For me, Omagbemi, yes. Liked her a lot and liked the ebb and flow of her team - their transition from defense to attack was nice to watch.
Eucharia, no. She brought her personal sentiments to the job.
Schemerkhiz:
It was in 2014/2015 when Edwin Okon was Coach he tried bringing her in to replace Precious Dede knowing fully well that she has never been top notch...

Nigerian Coaches with their Sentiment...
One of the reason i respect Coach Florence Omagbemi and Uche Ngozi Eucharia
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 9:54pm On Aug 05, 2021
The Ghanaians learnt a thing or two from the Togolese team and dialed it up a notch. Crowd the Nigerians, rough them up and not let them have any time on the ball. Even though the first goal rattled the Nigerians, it was clear Okon did not have any answers to the Hassacass onslaught, especially in the first half. For someone who coached the Nigerian national team at the nations cup and the World Cup, the man got clearly outcoached today and was bereft of solutions!
Nigeria had the ascendancy after they equalized, but I felt they were really let down by poor goalkeeping.
All in all, good tournament and I am happy this disappointment happened now. Nigeria needs to go back home, retool, learn how to play quicker (for teams that would not let you have time on the ball - North African and South African teams), revamp the goal keeping corps and focus on wining the Champions league cup in Egypt next month.
We lost the battle, but we must win the war! Go RA girls!!!
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 9:46pm On Aug 05, 2021
Alaba displaced Whyte and tended goal in 2014 (Cameroon)
Schemerkhiz:
Alaba Jonathan
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 9:37pm On Aug 05, 2021
They lost 3-1 to Hassacass in the final, a team they defeated 2-0 in their opening match
robosky02:
Who dey win
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 9:34pm On Aug 05, 2021
Whyte was rather poor today. Truth is, she was never really tested in the group stage and her weaknesses were exposed in the Semis and Final. She has proven that she is certainly not it.
In a sense, its a good thing this happened now, prior to the CL proper in Egypt.
I also understand Osun Babes keeper, Christiana Obia, has been signed by Rivers Angels and would hopefully, take over the GK position.

Schemerkhiz:
Same thing Okon did while he was the Coach of the Superfalcons, tried every means to make Whyte first choice ahead of veteran Precious Dede then but didn't work out...

Abeg make Okon and e sentiment get out
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 9:02pm On Aug 05, 2021
3-1.
Another error from Whyte.
Flubbed on a cross into the box. Cleared intially by the defense, but then long range shot caught her flat footed.
The Ghanaian keeper is miles better than her.
I'm sorry, this lady is done. Coach needs to sub her out. ASAP!
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 8:50pm On Aug 05, 2021
Good teams always have a target on their backs.
BascoVanVeli:
They are cheating us.
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 8:48pm On Aug 05, 2021
She's playing like she is 40.
Quite heavy in size and not agile, especially on high balls.
Schemerkhiz:
Ibubeleye Whyte is just 29yrs old...
Monkey no fine but e Mama like am..
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 8:24pm On Aug 05, 2021
2-1 Hassaccas.
The Ghanaians are playing Rivers Angels hard and taking no prisoners.
Weak point for Nigeria has been the Goal Keeper, Ibube Whyte. Age has most certainly caught up with her. Her reaction time to shots has always been suspect, but was really exposed today. She seems to struggle with high balls.
Okon needs to consider the other girl he brought in after Whyte conceded the penalty against Amis du Monde in the semis.
She seems to be more agile and can handle crosses better than Whyte.
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 8:14pm On Aug 05, 2021
Ibube Whyte is just terrible.
Let in a 30m freekick.
2-1 to Hassaccas.
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 7:39pm On Aug 05, 2021
Vivian equalizes. 1-1
Volley off a free kick
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 7:36pm On Aug 05, 2021
looks like Ghana means business today.
Ball pretty much played in the RA half for the first 5 mins of the game.
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 7:34pm On Aug 05, 2021
4th min.
Looks like Maryann 'Ronaldo' Ezenagu is injured.
Taken off the field.
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 7:32pm On Aug 05, 2021
Hassacas vs Rivers Angels
3rd Min. 1-0 Hassacas.
RA defense asleep and conceded 1st goal.
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 4:38pm On Aug 05, 2021
AkinDS:
Competition is in line with a FIFA date (September 13 - 21).
Two groups of three teams, with group leaders playing in finals and probably a day of rest in between matches.
Not so much you can get done with a competition hosting 6 teams in 8 days
FIFA Women's Calendar - 2021
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 4:37pm On Aug 05, 2021
Competition is in line with a FIFA date (September 13 - 21).
Two groups of three teams, with group leaders playing in finals and probably a day of rest in between matches.
Not so much you can get done with a competition with 6 teams in 8 days
https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/add7387945214a47/original/wcuchsbbdhsatd7udsg5-pdf.pdf
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 3:18pm On Aug 05, 2021
For senior National teams only.
BascoVanVeli:
...This was confirmed in an invitation letter sent to the General Secretary of participating countries signed by the Director of Organisation and Chairperson of the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL), Aisha Falode on August 4, 2021.

“On behalf of the President of the Nigeria Football Federation NFF, Amaju Pinnick and Chairman Organising Committee Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi, we have the pleasure to update you on our Secretary General’s invitation of 13 April 2021 to the Senior National women’s team to the Six-Nation Invitational Tournament (Aisha Buhari Cup) in Lagos, Nigeria.” The letter read.
Rivers Angels should participate.
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 11:48pm On Aug 03, 2021
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 5:29pm On Jul 28, 2021
Yes. Saiki is playing well, no doubt.
But the person that really caught my eye in the midfield, for her bulldog type tenacity and her box-to-box work was Deborah Abiodun #9.
A bit rough around the edges but she is young, sharp, quick and skillful on the ball. She may be groomed as a defensive midfielder and possibly a future replacement for Rita Chikwelu - their playing styles are quite similar.
She played as a CM for Rivers Angels and was pretty much everywhere on the pitch.
Schemerkhiz:
Are you seeing the job Mary Saiki is doing in the Midfield??
#No.4
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 5:10pm On Jul 28, 2021
Ebere Orji plays for IFK Kalmar in Sweden, Ini plays for FA Championship team Lewes. I would rank the level of competition in both leagues as similar.
Rinsola just moved to the Barclays WSL - Brighton & Hove Albion (6th last season), which as far as I am concerned, considering the calibre of world class players currently in the Barclay WSL is, comparatively, a much more competitive one.
Ebere is 28, Ini is 27 and Rinsola just turned 23.
You will concede that Ebere and Ini have pretty much maxed out at their respective career peaks, while Rinsola is on the ascendancy.
What accomplishments have Ebere and Ini have? Please enlighten me.
And your assertion that Uchenna and Ini are 'clearly better than her' is debatable. HIGHLY debatable.
CoolJulian:
Sorry, which "more competitive league" does Rinsola play in? How is she a better player than the duo? Could you, please, roll out her accomplishments? What's the age difference between her and Ini Umotong?.. Just say, you like her, okay? For your information, Umotong and Uchenna are clearly better than her, as for Orji, I don't know.
Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by AkinDS: 4:05pm On Jul 28, 2021
Vivian IS already a part of Waldrum's group. She played in the Summer series here in the US and featured against Jamaica (started) and Portugal (came in as a sub).
Herself and Demehin were intentionally left out of the Austria SF camp because of the WAFU B CL commitment with Rivers Angels.
PDPGuy:
BTW, Vivian should be given a look-in by Waldrum. Yes, the opponents weren’t the greatest out there, but Vivian showed some desirable qualities in a winger.

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