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FiveFootNinja:
They are an overachieving side and it's thanks to Hugo Broos. Banana banana won't realize how special and insane their 2023 AFCON semi final run was until they get grouped or dropped in the Round of 16 again for the next 3 editions of the tournament.

I dont see them progresing past Round of 16 in any AFCON. The last time they luckily eliminated Morocco then beat inexperienced Cape verde on penalties, before we knocked them out

Danielnino00:
Most of these COSAFA teams have the same style of play....they play fast paced football and like to keep possession... Their poor defensive awareness is always their undoing...

The super Eagles need to control the pace of the game and get an early goal ..

COSAFA teams are really poor at Football

charlesemeka85:
hmmmmmm, is Pisa not likely to be relegated by the end of the season?🤔

They will surely be relegated. That means the guy no even sabi. His level is not Super Eagles then. Anybody wey no play Top division club no suppose get super eagles call up

IronGalaxy:
So when South Africans were captains of Leeds, having players starting for Cagliari, Lazio, Man Utd, Fenerbahce etc.. what was that? Not in our gene?

Secondly, how can they neutralize South African players when they dont have many South Africans born in those places? Having players turning out for France when they aren't is also not the flex you think it is.

There have been South Africans players who were were world class.. eg.. Radede, Moshoeu, Pienaar, Fortune, Mccarthy etc.. So this assertion "we are not good enough naturally" is nonsense..

Lol, Football is one area where you guys feel you have one against SA.since you guys cant keep up with our country in many areas. I partially understand the chest thumping

Which SouthAfrican got a starting place at Man Utd?

Radebe, Moshoeu, Pienaar, Fortune and Mccarthy are not World class. You cant xompare them with players like Drogba, Etoo, Osihmen,Ikpeba, Finidi, Sammy Kuffour. Mane,Yaya and Kolo Toure, Salah, Essien, Kanu etc.

SouthAfricans are about 245k-298k in the UK, while Nigeria is about 500k, which is not surprising considering that Nigeria is normally more populated and diverse than SouthAfrica. But that difference in Number doesnt account for the wide difference in the number of UK- born Nigerians who made it to these top NTs and clubs vs those of SouthAfrican decents. In the case of Ghana, there are more UK born Southafricans than them, but from the top of my head, I can call Mainoo, Guehi, Nketiah and Acheampong. These are for English speaking countries oo, if you go to France you see French born Cameroonians, Senegalese, Malians, Burkinabes, Benenoise, etc. Just admit it You just dont have the natural footballing ability to excell above this your current level. You are even performing up to thos level because you are one of the exonomic super powers in Africa.

Starboytwo:
So which Coach we wan collect like this..

This time around im actively participating, cant trust these people to select the right candidate..

We should go for Unai Emery if he is free. Rashford may be back from Barca too. Lol

Goosethetruth:
Good riddance to bad rubbish. He was totally out of his depth. He was never a Manchester United manager and should have been sacked after the Europa final loss to Spurs in Bilbao.
Better late than never. Let Fletcher take temporary control till the end of the season while the board looks for a proper replacement. And this time they should take their time to carefully choose a replacement.

Fletcher? Lol.

Amad, Mazraoui and Mbeumo left for AFCON with Amorim in charge, now they will come back to a new manager

Danielnino00:
That one Na striker?
Checked his career stats at club level and it's bang below average..

They better come to their sense and find a way to get more of their players to Europe top leagues...
Morocco used to be ordinary in Africa not too long ago until they started stuffing their national team with foreign born players

The issue is SouthAfricans are just not good enough to nail down a starting place in any European team. Its not in their gene. The best footballing countries are the Sub saharan Africans Like Mali, Nigeria, Burkinafaso, Ivoryxoast, Cameroon, Ghana and Senegal. These countries are just curropt and mismanaged FAs. Look at France NT full of Players with nationalities from French speaking countries, England, Austria, Italy, and Swiss having a lot of players with Nigerian heritage. None of these countries want to Naturalise any SouthAfrican player. They are not just good enough natuarally. Have you ever seen any SouthAfrixan player in History reach World class level? Nigeria has people like Okocha, Osihmen, Ikpeba, Kanu and Mikel. Senegal had Diouf and Mane, Ivroycoast has Drogba, Toure brothers etc. Cameroon had Etoo, Geremi, Mbeumo, Mboma, Roger Milla, Ghana had Essien, Abedi Pele, Sami Kuffour etc. Have you ever seen any South African player evr in history reach that level?

Danielnino00:
Even if they wanted to, they don't have that many players in quality leagues in Europe... Their current squad has two players from the Saudi league, one from Romania and one from Denmark...I don't think any of them are even regular starters at their clubs....

Their top striker is a bench warmer at Burnley

Akkin:
They didn't...we scored first in all those matches irc so no

For you to find a match where Nigeria came from a goal or two down and won the game eventually..you'd have to go back nearly 6 or 7 years in time

So Nigeria should allow the opponents to score them 2 goals, then they come back to win to prove to you that they have comeback spirit abi?

Danielnino00:
Those guys are always trying to mask their inability to export quality players to Europe with their "we have the best league in Africa" nonsense..
Most of their players aren't good enough to cut it in Europe top clubs....

Ironically, if you ask them to mention their all time greatest players, it will include players that plied their trade in Europe.. McCarthy, Mark Fish, Redebe, Mokoena...

Their top striker Lyle Foster that plays for Burnley. He is being benched by one unknown young English striker. They are not just good enough.

Baleba na baller I swear

Ppogbae:
They are going to the world cup - we're not.

This is not the only world cup that will ever be played

Cameroon 2-0.

That guy say we hate southAfrica

minfelix:
many people are saying why the hype around sA🤣🤣….una don see as dem dey “lika-cameroun-nyash”..i no we h@te SA, but make una dey talk true cameroon is playing like underdog is this game…wake up wake up wake up!!! SA is gradually crawling to sit amongst big boys in africa…some people here are even wishing SA wins and face Morocco in the quarterfinals, that shows people place SA highly to wipe the host nation.

Lyle Foster score sef dem rule am off

SA is playing rubbish. Any good team will score them they evn struggled against Zimbabwe, very lucky to even win

JohnBullMySon:
Tanzania should have been given a red card for that.

Yes its a 2 foot lounge, clear red card

CornOak:
VAR check and keeper-player collision treatment.

7 mins is still too much for that

CornOak:
This was the same ref that officiated our game against Tunisia.

The stupid referee that awarded that dodgy penalty. Why is he always favouring North Africans?

Nawao, Tanzania is already an underdog enough, why is this black referee officiating against them? So.e of these referees should at least have some shame

Casemiro has logged out of the season 😆😆

Dalot don tire

afrodoc2:
Yes. It is a problem he has to work on. In this particular case his positioning was all wrong.

Meanwhile Cunha almost always chooses the low percentage option.

Cunha came to games to joke. Very unserious player. He is just showboating

Who does Yoro finds it difficult to defend the channels. Thats a major weakness. Look at how Haeven bailed him out

Any hand ball now must be blown. That Penalty that Tunisia got against us they must continue the same. Imagine Tunisia praying for “No penalty” when they got a worse one than this against us

Kilishihunter:
They have been attacking Senegal from the blast of the whistle. They might still lose but this should serve as a lesson to us not to underestimate Mozambique.

Mozambique is the best team among the 3rd placed teams they are dangerous. We need to be very careful or they will punish us

Odunayaw:
Make SA sweat like werey

I too like that Cameroon wey de go meet. The match go hard them eeeh

jihday:
how? With their 1 Afcon they won over 20 years ago

But you addded Morocco who last wom AFCON 40 years ago and has been to less WC than Tunisia. Im African Football Tunisia is more of a power house than Morocco and Senegal.

The real Power House in African football are Cameroon, Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana Tunisia and Algeria

NasirIbnLaAhad:
Looking at our bracket, there's only two teams in wary of heading to the finals: DR Congo and Morocco, for different reasons. DR Congo because they've looked so compact and hard to break down while creating fantastic chances of their own, and Morocco simply because of home crowd. They've not really impressed me gameplay wise but I see CAF and all stakeholders involved pulling out all the stops to ensure that they secure this trophy.

Yeah they eliminated us in the WC play offs but they I am not afraid of them. I am more weary of the North African duo of Algeria and Morocco

CapitalCee:
Ivory coast 🇨🇮 Vs Burkinafaso 🇧🇫
Egypt 🇪🇬 vs Benin 🇧🇯

Cameroon 🇨🇲 vs South Africa 🇿🇦
Morocco 🇲🇦 vs 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs Mozambique 🇲🇿
Algeria 🇩🇿 vs DR Congo 🇨🇩

Tunisia 🇹🇳 Vs 🇲🇱 Mali
Senegal 🇸🇳 vs Sudan 🇸🇩

My prediction

Quarter Finals

Egypt vs Ivroycoast

Cameroon vs Morocco

Nigeria vs Algeria

Mali Vs Senegal.

Semi Finals


Nigeria vs Morocco

Egypt vs Senegal


FINAL

Nigeria vs Egypt.

2/4 of my quaterfinals lineup done. Remaining the other 2.

Ivory coast 🇨🇮 Vs Burkinafaso 🇧🇫
Egypt 🇪🇬 vs Benin 🇧🇯

Cameroon 🇨🇲 vs South Africa 🇿🇦
Morocco 🇲🇦 vs 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs Mozambique 🇲🇿
Algeria 🇩🇿 vs DR Congo 🇨🇩

Tunisia 🇹🇳 Vs 🇲🇱 Mali
Senegal 🇸🇳 vs Sudan 🇸🇩

This Mozambique is good oo

minfelix:
Afcon 2025 Round 16 Powerhouse teams
Morocco
Senegal
Algeria
Egypt
Nigeria
CIV
Cameroon

Afcon 2025 Round 16 middle class powerhouse teams
Tunisia
DRC
SA
Mali
Burkina Faso

Afcon 2025 Round 16 underdogs
Benin
Mozambique
Sudan
Tanzania

Tunisia is a powerhouse