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Mujtahida:
My heart come dey warm small. I thought that I don hard pass football heartbreak but that game enter me. Now with this story - whether true or false - the cold wey dey my body don dey comot.

Goke7:
If the law say make Congo go do dna test for all the players they must produce the result 😂 no time if dem like make dem cry till next year!

Mujtahida:
Ko Kan mi 😂😂😂. All way na way. I'm shameless like that. The prophecy must be fulfilled.

semid4lyfe:
If (a very big if) FIFA suspends DR Congo and Nigeria eventually makes it to the world cup

1. Will Troost-Ekong come out of retirement to play in the world cup?

2. How will Maduka Okoye be feeling with his decision to opt out of the AFCON and the possibility of the coach axing him from the team and not selecting him for America?

I imagine both would have conflicted emotions, and be ruing their decisions.

chrisooblog:
Hmmm the way this Congo matter is gathering momentum.

Even Osasu that's not exactly the NFF's biggest fan is on the matter.

Anyway until a miracle happens let's just nurse our failure jeje and plan for the future.

Dannyxy:
I no wan put body for this matter.

But the same person wey talk say fifa no go remove S.A point, the same person wey dem no go no remove second place point, na still the same person Dey pessimistic.

This should give you your answer already, DRC is screwed.

I don’t want us to go, but see fifa rule is fifa rule, and once it’s up, and they look into it, then it’s most likely true.

Bossoflife25:
Did you see Nike and Okocha's advert?

Nike is pulling the underground spring!

Imagine the traffic Nigeria's playoff qualification will generate.
Everywhere just dry! Even CAF is feeling it as regards the AFCON!
Nigeria is going to this World Cup either by rook or crook!

Leave them make dem Dey play!

Bannedlargejr:
If DR Congo broke the Rules, they have to be held accountable and punished. It doesn’t matter how inefficient NFF are or how horrible/Awesome Nigeria Performs. If they didn’t break the Rules, they must represent Africa. At the end of the day, rules are rules and regulations are regulations. All our Attorneys in the house needs to scrutinize that FIFA eligibility/Dual Citizenship rules and inquire whether Dr Congo broke any dual citizenship rules. There is a Reason why NFF hasn’t fielded Gift Orban despite being in-form and hasn’t formally represented Togo at the senior Team. It is because we aren’t trying to break any rules

elyte89:
Shey d said players played in the group stage …if yes,na from group stage fifa go start from


Meanwhile what if drc still go ahead to feature those 6ix players in d upcoming afcon to stress on deir eligibility…what will fifa / caf do?

QueenJazz:
I imagine if FIFA wanted to take action, they'll start with the Cameroon vs DRC game.

Well, let's see what happens. Personally, I'm not investing myself in this issue.

QueenJazz:
You're even going too far. See how people are bashing Uzoho after they called him back. Uzoho has no ties with the north.

I've learnt to restrain myself from engaging people who easily pull up the tribalism card because I'll find it hard discussing with them without using harsh and unflattering words.

Amedino99:
does anyone have any precedent case on disqualification of this nature. The only one i can remember is malaysia who were only fined for fielding players who doctored records for seven foreign born players. Still not on board with the optimism on this case

QueenJazz:
Is it only Nigeria that will benefit from this news? What about Cameroon? They played against the same squad too.

Woh- I'm just confused about the whole thing.

At any rate, I'm still taking this update with a spoonful of salt.

EEGA:
Akinsanmiro and Raph are capable replacements.

Shegzdave:
Like they did against Congo right?

EEGA:
He is almost 30.

Gets subbed out, after the hour mark for Besiktas.

The efficiency is no longer there.

We need midfielders with goal threat.

Imagine if Osimhen limps off injured like we saw against DRC Congo



We will need midfielders like Onyeka to bail us in games like that.




Some teams go rough on a team's top striker inorder to main or reduce his efficiency.

This is where midfielders with goal threat comes in.

In football, a goal is enough to differentiate between a winner and a loser.

Frank bailed us against DRC, but we want more.

When last did Ndidi score in the GWG.

Ndidi and Iwobi midfield is a no no for me.

A midfield with no goal return in as many as 15 games.

123jamessmith:
In Congo you cannot have dual nationality. The rules can be ignore by birth, and you need to take a decision before you get to the age of 21.
There were so many player in the Congolese national team that switch without renouncing there other nationality, which means, they now have too nationality.

kellycute:
please post the link to the article, i want to read it. Thank you

EEGA:
Pls it's time we start phasing out Ndidi.

He is in his 30's.The efficiency that he is known for is no longer there.

Ndidi wasn't missed in the last AFCON and we went all the way to the the finals.

Not a goal threat from the middle.

Raph,Onyeka and Akin are better options in midfield.

We phased out Ekoong, we can as well do same to Ndidi.

We need more enterprising midfielders, with goal threat in midfield.

Iwobi hardly gets on the score sheet, same with Ndidi.

We can't be starting the 2 together in a 2-man midfield.

Raph and Akin can deputize for Iwobi, while Onyeka starts in a 2-man midfield.

This reduces the over reliance on our forwards for goals in crucial matches.

solonnachi:
I read am from two articles today. E be like say hope dey ooo.
6 DRC players implicated.

Amedino99:
owngoal fit don cook something like that.

kingphilip:
Wetin you see?

Good hold up, good strength, quality finish
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— EaglesTracker (@ETMediaNG) December 14, 2025

Goke7:
People still listen to that clown of a fake journalist?

Goke7:
Breaking news; Iwobi said he was born in naija o 😂 so strike him off your FB list

Amedino99:
Is Fago a forward or midfielder.

QueenJazz:
Heard about it too. Such a stupid protest from Nigeria and Cameroon.

First of all, I don't believe FIFA will be willing to risk having any more drama and upsetting an entire country and possibly an entire continent by throwing DRC under the bus to favor Nigeria.

They're already dealing with so much backlash for the World Cup draw. You know how the average soccer fans think. Penalizing DRC by disqualifying will be perceived as nothing more than corruption to favor Nigeria. I won't be surprised if they just fine them and move on with their lives.

Also, aren't we ashamed that we keep trying desperately to find these backdoors to a tournament we didn't deserve to qualify for? This whole thing is pointless if you ask me. Count your losses and rebuild yourself. We need to stop this disgusting habit of looking for short cuts everywhere.

QueenJazz:
Heard about it too. Such a stupid protest from Nigeria and Cameroon.

First of all, I don't believe FIFA will be willing to risk having any more drama and upsetting an entire country and possibly an entire continent by throwing DRC under the bus to favor Nigeria.

They're already dealing with so much backlash for the World Cup draw. You know how the average soccer fans think. Penalizing DRC by disqualifying will be perceived as nothing more than corruption to favor Nigeria. I won't be surprised if they just fine them and move on with their lives.

Also, aren't we ashamed that we keep trying desperately to find these backdoors to a tournament we didn't deserve to qualify for? This whole thing is pointless if you ask me. Count your losses and rebuild yourself. We need to stop this disgusting habit of looking for short cuts everywhere.

oloriooko:
Ugochukwu in Burnley plays far better than most of our current MFs
Has he been capped elsewhere?