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popizaino:
When you know what you are doing and understand your role on the pitch.

Di Maria from LW.

Di Maria vs Atleti (H) - 2014 pic.twitter.com/V8amRY9AZh

— EH (@EHcomps) February 26, 2026

Courtois LMAO!!!!!
These were the times he was still on SIWES at Atletico...see the kind goals he dey concede

Folks on the SE thread are optimistic of FIFA ruling in Nigeria's favour tomorrow, and even going as far as CAS in case it goes against us

Let's see how it pans out

Palmer alone should have like 300+ assists...see passes wey Jackson dey miss

We have dropped 17 points from winning positions in the League this season. 15 have been dropped at Stamford bridge.

Incredible

Isn't Palmer on another run of consecutive penalty conversions since the last time he missed??

Kopama

I just hope we don't run Enzo and Caicedo into the ground...Lavia and his brother who were supposed to help ease the workload have just been chilling in the hospital every week...

And James that has been putting in shifts there has also been unfit lately

Palmer assist no?

O ga FBS, the Beer Parlour Analysts await your next updates

BlueRayDick:
This ref na complete weyrey 😂

He kukuma give Szobo what he wants by denying the goal and brandishing him a red card.

No be Craig Pawson
After Anthony Taylor, fear that guy

Haaland goal + assist in this game out of nowhere

Nemesis0147:
I mean in the history of Chelsea
Four hatrick is what we have ever gotten from a single player

In the League, yes.
But overall, in all competitions, he still has a lot to do to reach Jimmy Greaves' record of 13 hat tricks

The three goals give the 23-year-old 51 for his Chelsea career (114 appearances) — the 41st player to reach that mark in club history — but it was his fourth hat-trick for us already, in less than three years. That means he’s now tied with Didier Drogba in number of hat-tricks for the Blues, and is just one behind the likes of Frank Lampard and Peter Osgood. And all four of Palmer’s hat-tricks have come in the league, which now gives him more Premier League hat-tricks in Chelsea history than anyone else (Didier and Super Frank both had three, as did Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink).

Another curiosity is that three of Palmer’s four hat-tricks were completed in the first-half; he’s the first to have a hat trick of first-half hat tricks in Premier League history!

So, Palmer’s undoubtedly our greatest hat-trick-getter in the modern era now, though he’s still got a ways to go to catch the four players at the top of that list in club history: Bobby Tambling and Kerry Dixon both had eight, George Hilsdon had nine (including a double hat-trick: the only player in club history to score six in a game), and Jimmy Greaves had a whopping thirteen (13), including a penta-trick (five goals) not once, not twice, but three times!

Aura for Aura.
2-6, 6-2.
Alcaraz 1-1 Djokovic

Game on now!

MorataFC:
I don’t think that screenshot is accurate. We conceded only 15 goals in total, but I have counted 19 goals in what you posted.

It is correct. Those are the 15 goal scorers of all the conceded goals that season.

Those two 2-2 draws are from the same matches, so don't count them twice.

Lol...that bloody 2010 qualifiers LMAO
Was it not in that qualifying series we drew 2-2 with Tunisia in Abuja...I remember that game like yesterday...

But at least they got the job done, so they get off the hook...this present set gat nothing on those guys
Africa has 9 abi 10 slots and we can't even qualify...NFF, Finidi and co ruined us right from the start. If only Chelle was at the helm from the start...

airmark:
For the Senegal players to be anxious to return after staging a walkout and seeing Diouf receiving a call and encouraging Mane and his colleagues to return to the pitch, the suspicion is not out of place.

And again, at this point, it was clear that Senegal had already proven their point, even if he had scored the pk

timbros:
Order from above.

Coaches, captains and officials don discuss the way forward. PK is PK. Cannot be cancelled. Best thing is to miss the PK let game continue.

Brahim was given the instruction to panenka the PK. Mendy was told the PK is a panenka. Easy save. Match continue.

My only concern is, why use Brahim as the scapegoat? Dem for use Mazroui or that long El Neysri or any other player instead of starboy Brahim.

Ibime:
Of course the referee will blow immediately. He has been paid

As of now, I completely and totally disagree with the notion that he completely missed...

It was a clear pen, no denying the fact...and a chance to win the tournament with virtually the last kick of the game. If it was staged, he wouldn't react like that after missing it...

What was contentious was the earlier goal scored by Senegal that was ruled out

I see people on here saying Diaz missed the penalty on purpose ...una just dey muzz me...lol

You see person singlehandedly dey shout, cry and wail on top ref to the point of influencing a VAR check, and say he intentionally miss am.

Diaz dey look for Aguero Moment ... unfortunately for him, he only recreated the infamous Aguero Moment against the same Mendy at the Etihad in 2021

Who exactly can take a spot kick in this team?

Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs Morocco 🇲🇦
Chelsea 🔵 vs Arsenal 🔴

Leave team news abeg

Anything wearing red is dying tonight. Amen somebody!!!

Make we sha no lose the two birds wey we wan kill with one stone tonight

raumdeuter:
So we have never beaten a host nation at AFCON before

To beat host for AFCON always dey somehow for us oh.
We will have to go back as far as 2002 when we last beat the host nation in the tournament when we beat Mali 1-0 in the 3rd place match that time, starting a string of bronze medal from that time up to 2010 or so .... Na Yakubu score that goal in the first half, I think...

Because of the rigorous and bloody semi final which we lost to a 10-man Senegal...na so Amodu make plenty changes to the team for that 3rd place match, but we still managed to beat them 1-0 to win bronze. We had earlier met in the group stages and played draw with them .. goalless

That semi final loss stood out for me in that tournament because we should have beaten Senegal in that game. Senegal was a very stubborn, hard team back then too sha. Despite getting a red card in the first half, they scored us first in the 2nd half oh. Like play like play, they kept on defending, and we kept on hoping we would get the equalizer because of the man advantage...

I remember this was one of the games Okocha disappointed me personally because he played almost rubbish in that game...(I know this one go sweet you )
Na until Oruma replace am, and Tijani babangida came in that we really got serious, and Aghahowa equalized for us in the dying minutes of the game...

Still, Diouf scored again in extra time, and I remember the same Oruma missed a penalty for us that would have made it 2-2...Toni Sylva turn to prime Buffon that day for Senegal, but I can't remember if he saved the pk or Oruma missed completely ...

After that the game became very rough because we sef later collected 2 red cards sef....omoo

One of the bloodiest games those times
Man no chop that evening oh
I have to add, funny enough that we conceded only 2 goals in the whole of the tournament that year, but both goals were the ones we conceded to Senegal in the semi final

BlueMann:
9 bcc, 30 shots

No vex, What is Bcc abeg??

Bcc wey man know na BCC Lions of Gboko

Neto
Love him or hate him

andrewbaba44:
Chelsea Dey play na Ivory Coast una Dey talk for here

Chelsea don tire una 😂😂

Wetin be scores sef?

Last time i checked at 30 mins, na still goalless, I just hiss and continue the Egypt - CIV game

Timbros

Over to Morocco abi
Na bloody Ghanaian you be seh

2nd half now, things will be different

timbros:
The haters have arrived

Let the lamentation begin.

Algeria 2-1 Nigeria FT

MOTM Zizou

You this man
You sure say you no be Ghanaian

Jamiuokolaa:
Fond memories o


One eyed Ogbonnaya Okemiri, David Tykvase, Ajibade Omolade, the late Romanus Orjinta, Muri Ogunbiyi from Benin republic, Emeka Nwanna etc.

Despite the cultural diversity, you could always feel that sense of togetherness - results was what mattered!


People's elephant for a reason.

You forgot Joetex Frimpong, Omo Ghana in that team then too....good striker

Jamiuokolaa:
Those days when the Abia state Governor bin dey follow sidon for bench to motivate the players .

That 2nd leg of the final vs Ismaily in Egypt na die - Ekene Ezenwa the lone striker was literally defending from the opponent's box..lol

From an administrative and management perspective, Eyinmba was head and shoulders above all other Nigerian clubs that year.

They even wanted to buy one Malian Striker - Draman Traore for $2m

That guy was the top scorer in that season's champions league. Those were the days when Enyimba was serious, and NTA would keep showing the games back to back!!!

Enyimba was a force back then nah. It used to be just 2 groups after about 2 or 3 qualifying rounds.

Ismaily knack Enyimba 6-1 for Egypt in the group stages...I remember it rained heavily, and NEPA no gree give us light to watch the game that night. I couldn't believe my ears when I later heard the result the next morning. but Enyimba sef knack then 4-2 for Aba in the 2nd leg some weeks later

Won the first leg of the final against ismaily again 2-0 and put up a masterclass in defending in that 2nd leg in Cairo abi na Ismailia (lost 1-0) that dem Chelsea 2012 class would be proud of

Ibime:
We have been appointed to decimate North Africa

We will defeat Algeria in the Quarters, Morocco in the semi and Egypt in the final.

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Any country that manages to defeat all The Four Horsemen in a single AFCON probably deserve to win it.

Everybody na analyst for their house nah

Who is this one bayii??

Osimhen, you're on your own tonight.
You have disappointed even your die-hard fans and supporters with your attitude tonight.

I mean, SE won 4-0 and what should have followed should have been how we are silently (and surprisingly) the best team of the tournament so far, and how opponents should be scared.

But we win 4-0, and everybody is talking about you. That attitude alone, unfortunately is probably the only weakness in this team, asides our goalkeeper issues.

Vic, bro, I hope you are fine. I really hope you are