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Mujtahida:
Okoye just has bad luck. Look at that sterling performance yesterday which would have been capped with our victory only for that devil of a defender to whip that thunderbolt and ruin the young's man glory trip.

He should keep going. His day will come.

By God's grace

Papi85:
the same Nwabali wey carry ball throw inside em net 🤣🤦‍♀️🤣🤣🤣🤣

Both goal keepers are good and a blessing to us but this Okoye hate is getting out of hand

E get some goals wey them no dey blame GK for.

I got mad we drew in the last minute, but the goal worth am. What a spectacle! As Poland and Nigeria no go World Cup them suppose at least use that goal as World Cup advert make we seff show somehow 😂

You know how good a goalkeeper has to have been in a match that the opposition defender just decides to attempt a shot from distance like that? As them no fit score am several times on 1-v-1.

Henry sabi ball die normally na 😁

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Joebie:
if Osimhen no score goal when he suppose score, and he score goal when he no suppose score, didn't he still do the job as a striker. The same way Okoye had a great outing today. .make we no roast am. He will learn from his mistakes. if na we score that kind banger we non go blame the opponent keeper. we go dey praise the scorer.

There o 😂😂😂

TheSuperNerd:
It was poor anticipation, poor reaction time and muddled up positioning for Misniewski's strike. Not for the entire game. If it was, I will not call him brilliant in his shot stopping.

Also, You dont call his double save, anticipation either. That was more to do with his reflexes.

And yes, I have been a GK too. Never went pro but did enough as a sportsman up to the level I had to leave things to focus solely on my medical path. Hardly any position I did not play from secondary to University level apart from CDM. So I do not speak theoretically but of deep understanding of the role.

Okoye should learn or he will keep conceeding those kind of strikes that Nwabali mostly make routine saves out of. Disrespecting Nwabali to make a point for Okoye is a low.

This is not about disrespecting Nwabali seff. It's not today I've always been saying I prefer Nwabali to Okoye if both are available and fit.

Yesterday, Okoye proved why he's one of the best Serie A goalkeepers, na cracker goal everybody dey use crucify am forgetting the scoreline would've been like 4 goals in favour of Poland.

How everyone (at least you are even talking about the other saves, A LOT of people are not) chose to focus on that last goal dey burst my head seff.

That's one of the best performances I've seen from a Nigerian goalkeeper in a while.

Coming second after Nwabali vs. DR Congo.

I no wan even argue this thing again. Make we go beat Portugal ASAP make Ronaldo calm down small before World Cup start.

TheSuperNerd:
Nwabali got his hits despite consistent fine performances at major tournaments leading us to a final and semis with multiple cleansheets that puts him on the threshold of surpassing Enyeama's afcon cleansheets record.

I also hit Nwabali when he overdid certain things in goal.

Uzoho got his hits and knocks too including hits for the banger from Zimbabwe in the early phase of the 2026 WCQs.

Okoye, great shot stopping today but absolutely no way is he to be exempted from that strike that travelled all the way from Oshodi to Lekki Phase 2. His reaction time, anticipation and positioning were all muddled up. Almost like his concentration in that moment switched off. He takes his own fair hit too. Anyone saying otherwise is just putting up a false sense of justice for Okoye.
He should work on his reaction time and anticipation of long range strikes. Nwabali makes saves vs them look routine.

And I strongly disagree with your last paragraph on inform Afcon-Nwabali conceeding 3-4 today because even hard evidence does not support it. Have you suddenly forgotten Nwabali's good reflexes and 1v1 shot stoppings? It is your way of perhaps placating the Maduka Okoye fans. Okoye is in my family name but I am never name-biased on Okoye.
Nwabali have had his fair share of 1v1s and reflex saves times and again. Dont let your defence for Okoye in that moment where he should have done better make you sh*t on Nwabali.


Lastly... Nothing much Onuachu and Durosinmi could do. Wisniewski had already let fly before even any quicker reaction would have attempted closing him down. He is a CB and came from way deep and fired, trying his luck. Ndidi gestured for the FWs to stay compact and try cover the lanes... they did what most FWs in that moment of the game will do. Protect the space/block the lanes behind and gently try to close up whatever gap in front.... but The Adrenaline of Wisniewski was on a high and he knew time was no longer on their side... so he let fly and luckily he caught Okoye snoozing in concentration lapse and poor anticipation.

This does not take away Okoye's shot stopping moments especially the double save which were lovely but let us see H and call it H if we are to consistently call A to G, as A to G indeed.
Let Okoye work on his anticipation and reaction time to long rangers. Finito.

Everybody get their opinions sha. Okoye had no faults in that goal.

Poor anticipation and he knew where the ball was going twice in his double save.
Poor anticipation and he knew where Lewandowski would want to put the ball after Zaidu Sanusi set him up. A whole Lewandowski.

Make everybody turn goalkeeper overnight na.

Mujtahida:
That shot will best even Buffon. It was the fault of the midfielders and the defenders to have allowed him to take that shot.

God bless you.

One person say he make the goal "look like one extraordinary goal".

If them born any of your players well, make them attempt the same shot from the same distance make e dey on target.

If Onyedika scored the one he had in front of goal, clean point-blank chance and he didn't send the ball to the gods, we'll not be arguing about this last minute equalizer.

Pidginwhisper:
No goalkeeper is catching that. I don’t care what anyone will say about that.. That’s a swerve ball for Christ sake, it changed direction and he still managed to go for it. Those blaming him should just come out and say you never liked him. It doesn’t even make sense anymore, always waiting for him to make a blunder so they can say we told you, like Nwabali never committed blunder since he started manning the post. This has to stop.

It's just annoying at this point. Every single national team match this guy plays, they want him to be the same size with the goal posts.

He should have been at the right
He should be saving that
He was far from home
He was no way home

Wtf?

Them go blame Okoye now for that goal o! Wtf?

That was a banger goal! If there's anyone to blame for that goal, it should be Rafiu Durosinmi and Paul Onuachu. They stopped pressing. You think Éric Chelle is a madman for saying his team should always press? It was 5 seconds to the end of the match. Just press for the last minute. Osimhen go dey pitch person go dey arrange ball to fire shot? Last defender?

Y'all are just not fair to that guy. 7 saves in that match which included a crazy double save.

If na Nwabali dey post tonight, we concede 3 or 4, because he's definitely conceding that double save chance AND the long-ranger. Thank God una know say I be big Nwabali fan.

Haba nau! Haba!

maidaboi:
bankygee you saw that sanusi shot?

Yes o
Ndidi too attempted one that was blocked

TheSuperNerd:
Seriously?

Vs Benin
Vs Uganda
Vs Jordan (Cancelled)

Onyedika's ball striking is among the best in our midfield pool. He can be dragged for anything else but not ball striking.

Exactly 💯

TheSuperNerd:
Kelechi Iheanacho has scored something similar but from a different angle. Rohr's first competitive game vs Tanzania in 2016.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVPXIa8NicI?si=-oJL_o254vgv6HMY

Omooooooooo! Banger 😳

Na these kind goals Spanish commentary dey always sweet for.

⚽🇳🇬 DID YOU KNOW THAT in Éric Chelle's fourteen wins as Super Eagles coach, the Super Eagles have scored 2+ goals in ALL OF THEM except just one? 🤔

🇷🇼 Rwanda vs Nigeria 🇳🇬: 0–2 win 🟢
🇳🇬 Nigeria vs Ghana 🇬🇭: 2–1 win 🟢
🇳🇬 Nigeria vs Rwanda 🇷🇼: 1–0 win 🟢❌
🇱🇸 Lesotho vs Nigeria 🇳🇬: 1–2 win 🟢
🇳🇬 Nigeria vs Benin 🇧🇯: 4–0 win 🟢
🇳🇬 Nigeria vs Gabon 🇬🇦: 4–1 win 🟢
🇳🇬 Nigeria vs Tanzania 🇹🇿: 2–1 win 🟢
🇳🇬 Nigeria vs Tunisia 🇹🇳: 3–2 win 🟢
🇺🇬 Uganda vs Nigeria 🇳🇬: 1–3 win 🟢
🇳🇬 Nigeria vs Mozambique 🇲🇿: 4–0 win 🟢
🇩🇿 Algeria vs Nigeria 🇳🇬: 0–2 win 🟢
🇮🇷 Iran vs Nigeria 🇳🇬: 1–2 win 🟢
🇳🇬 Nigeria vs Zimbabwe 🇿🇼: 2–0 win 🟢
🇯🇲 Jamaica vs Nigeria 🇳🇬: 0–3 win 🟢

🟢 14 wins
⚽ 36 goals scored (2.57 scored per game won)
🥅 8 goals conceded (0.57 conceded per won)

Goalscoring? Not a problem with Chelle! 😉🇳🇬

Odunayaw:
It's Onyedika I'd remove. Man doesn't take shots

Omo he does o... Remember his goal vs. Benin

opes:
Ndidi
Onyeka
Onyedika

Onyeka out, Bashiru in.

Is there any? 🤔

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When we last faced Poland

🎥🇵🇱🇳🇬 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛: The last time the Super Eagles of Nigeria faced the Biało-czerwoni of Poland in a friendly match in 2018! (3 Minutes Highlight).

What are your thoughts on this game? Can we beat them again? 🤔

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— Banky G 🎤⚽ (@BankyGee_) June 2, 2026

DeloitteNG:
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Whining as usual, if I don't see a Here We Go post from Fabrizio Romano himself, I won't stress myself with rumors.

Lord, Nigeria plays Poland tomorrow help us to win the match.

UncleHaba22:
Na because na good coach had it been na finidi George he for para 😁

Gbam 😁

mekabuachi:
I see the way you dey tackle that quadri guy on Twitter... Very good no leave en neck ooh😂

Leave him neck keh? Never 😂. Him agenda no go ever agend on top Chelle head. Very funny person.

elyte89:
What could be the announcement

She's using Osimhen's picture to draw engagements because of the whole buzz on ground. I bet she wants to announce something that relates to her and the World Cup.

E no go far. Na so she dey move.

Goke7:
No mind athletico make we manage Lookman for them but make dem no manage Lookman for us.

The players don’t play for both clubs and country for free they get paid even if it’s a friendly match na who allow them gaslight na im dem go gaslight

God bless you

Goke7:
So the players too don’t get injured when they play for their clubs? We will say the clubs are not managing them well too? Is it not injury playing for club that made osihmen miss some of our World Cup qualifiers?

This your point no enter as injury can occur playing for country or club. As the clubs protect their interests we too as a country has our interests to protect too. Atletico bought Lookman following a spectacular performance at the last Afcon.

I said EXACTLY this same thing on Twitter when Atletico Madrid were complaining that Ademola Lookman played against Iran and Jordan.

So make them useful for club come useless for country abi? Funny clubs.

Throwback o 🇳🇬🇲🇱

🎥🇳🇬🇲🇱: Éric Chelle's Mali vs. Finidi George's Super Eagles [2024] (3 Minutes Highlight)

Nigeria didn't have a shot on target in this game and lost 0–2!

What are your observations on the game? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/raMqFWpsOA

— Banky G 🎤⚽ (@BankyGee_) June 1, 2026

TheSuperNerd:
An Osimhen Scholar.... Bankygee, what degree do we bestow on this one?

The 'omo' degree.

Me seff dey speechless on this matter 😂😂

BascoVanVeli:
4-0

Ahhhh... We must concede o. Jamaica can play ball.

AndSunGorilla:
At least we fit win one cup. The other African countries will never win anything in the next 2 months.

I swear 😂

Matchday!!!

What are your predictions for today's game against Jamaica?

Me: 🇯🇲 Jamaica 1–3 Nigeria 🇳🇬

do4luv14:
Mystery of life while this year final is about to be played, one of our scorer last year is laying his mother to rest chaiii chuks oooo,

May Mama prayer for your legs continue to hold Strong AMEN 🙏

Amen 🙏🏾

SymphonyRad:
Sodiq was utterly rinsed in this particular game, na for here I confirm say the bobo no be am at all 😂

Them wan take him life 🤣

Benjamin Fredrick come go dey help am seff 😂

Last year Unity Cup final 🇳🇬⚔️🇯🇲

🎥🇳🇬🇯🇲 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛: The last time the Super Eagles of Nigeria faced the Reggae Boyz of Jamaica in the final of the Unity Cup! (3 Minutes Highlight).

What are your thoughts on this game? 🤔

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— Banky G 🎤⚽ (@BankyGee_) May 29, 2026